Table 2. Genetic differentiation of Myrtus nivellei.
| Source | Degree of freedom | Sum of squares | Variance components | Percentage of variance (%) | ФPT statistics | |
| Hoggar (microsatellites) | Among wadis | 3 | 20.740 | 0.552 | 13 | 0.131 |
| Within wadis | 22 | 80.183 | 3.645 | 87 | ||
| Hoggar (AFLP) | Among wadis | 3 | 24.308 | 0.865 | 23 | 0.225 |
| Within wadis | 22 | 65.500 | 2.977 | 77 | ||
| Tassili n’Immidir (microsatellites) | Among wadis | 6 | 44.154 | 0.620 | 17 | 0.166 |
| Within wadis | 47 | 146.624 | 3.120 | 83 | ||
| Tassili n’Immidir (AFLP) | Among wadis | 6 | 30.259 | 0.504 | 24 | 0.240 |
| Within wadis | 47 | 75.167 | 1.599 | 76 | ||
| Tassili n’Ajjer (microsatellites) | Among wadis | 8 | 71.343 | 1.546 | 32 | 0.319 |
| Within wadis | 25 | 82.539 | 3.302 | 68 | ||
| Tassili n’Ajjer (AFLP) | Among wadis | 8 | 40.259 | 0.496 | 13 | 0.133 |
| Within wadis | 25 | 80.800 | 3.232 | 87 | ||
| Whole sampling (microsatellites) | Among mountains | 2 | 327.99 | 4.325 | 51 | 0.514 |
| Within mountains | 114 | 466.591 | 4.095 | 49 | ||
| Whole sampling (AFLP) | Among mountains | 2 | 120.236 | 1.549 | 35 | 0.353 |
| Within mountains | 114 | 324.226 | 2.844 | 65 | ||
Results of the analyses of molecular variance (AMOVA) on microsatellite and AFLP markers for samples of Myrtus nivellei were analyzed for each central Saharan mountain range.