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. 2016 Sep 18;79(1):144–152. doi: 10.1292/jvms.16-0250

Table 4. Results for Mann-Whitney U test and Pearson correlation test for specimens from Japanese islands, Korean peninsula and Kinmen Island, Taiwan (Indicated in short as Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the table). Results with Holm Bonferroni correction.

Relative warps (RW) Result of U-test (P=) Singular values (%) Linear r/P value (RW/centroid size) Linear r/P value (Country/ centroid size)
Japan Korea Taiwan
Cranium: Dorsal view RW1 Japan 0.015 0.249 33.18 0.403 0.383
Korea 0.015 0.496 0.307
Taiwan 0.249 0.496 0.427
RW2 Japan 0.025 0.835 15.62 0.000 0.183
Korea 0.025 0.011 0.000
Taiwan 0.835 0.011 0.952
RW3 Japan 0.466 0.676 14.27 0.003 0.486
Korea 0.466 0.734 0.375
Taiwan 0.676 0.734 0.508
RW4 Japan 0.005 0.296 9.37 0.498 0.834
Korea 0.005 0.080 0.416
Taiwan 0.296 0.080 0.410

Cranium: Ventral view RW1 Japan 0.466 0.766 21.30 0.733 0.340
Korea 0.466 0.245 0.824
Taiwan 0.766 0.245 0.688
RW2 Japan 0.007 0.037 14.42 0.403 0.922
Korea 0.007 0.245 0.522
Taiwan 0.037 0.245 0.232
RW3 Japan 0.072 0.037 12.11 0.071 0.181
Korea 0.072 0.039 0.390
Taiwan 0.037 0.039 0.771
RW4 Japan 0.065 0.371 8.91 0.114 0.638
Korea 0.065 0.796 0.141
Taiwan 0.371 0.796 0.264

Mandible RW1 Japan 0.940 0.178 26.62 0.193 0.045
Korea 0.940 0.073 0.051
Taiwan 0.178 0.073 0.995
RW2 Japan 0.269 0.623 20.02 0.257 0.694
Korea 0.269 0.628 0.288
Taiwan 0.623 0.628 0.677
RW3 Japan 0.042 0.111 17.19 0.001 0.214
Korea 0.042 0.104 0.024
Taiwan 0.111 0.104 0.069
RW4 Japan 0.219 0.178 9.34 0.708 0.480
Korea 0.219 0.442 0.312
Taiwan 0.178 0.442 0.705

Significance with P<0.05, P<0.025 for the second smallest P value, P<0.017 for the smallest P value. Numbers in bold and italic indicate significance.