Table 3.

Genetic differentiation (pairwise F _ST values) among the eight subspecies as defined by mtDNA clades

	angolensis	giraffa	peralta	antiquorum	thornicrofti	tippelskirchi	reticulata
giraffa	0.940
peralta	0.935	0.978
antiquorum	0.905	0.967	0.859
thornicrofti	0.897	0.935	0.984	0.930
tippelskirchi	0.859	0.838	0.916	0.866	0.506
reticulata	0.901	0.961	0.839	0.689	0.900	0.856
rothschildi	0.938	0.980	0.959	0.887	0.996	0.918	0.842

For assignment to mtDNA clades see Figure 1. All pairwise F_ST values were highly significant (p < 0.001) when testing with 1,000 permutations.