Table 4.
Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of 210 polymorphic AFLP markers for different hierarchical analyses of Isoetes sinensis populations
| Source of variation |
d.f. |
MSD |
Variance component |
Percentage of total |
P-value* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two hierarchical levels: | ||||||||||
| Among populations | 6 | 422·12 | 28·24 | 63·5 | <0·001 | |||||
| Within populations | 99 | 16·22 | 16·22 | 36·5 | <0·001 | |||||
| Three hierarchical levels: | ||||||||||
| Between regions | 1 | 1606·42 | 25·49 | 46·9 | <0·001 | |||||
| Among populations | 5 | 185·26 | 12·60 | 23·2 | <0·001 | |||||
| Within populations | 99 | 16·22 | 16·22 | 29·9 | <0·001 | |||||
*
Statistic significance is based on 1000 permutations.