Table 2.

Estimated F_ST values between the predefined ABFT populations using 13 microsatellite loci

FST	Syria	Malta M Bay	South Malta	Italy	Spain	Morocco
Syria	–	0.00175**	0.00188**	0.00452	0.00356**	0.01085**
Malta M Bay		–	0.00249**	0.00691	0.00234**	0.00813**
South Malta			–	0.00771	0.00376**	0.01240**
Italy				–	0.00627	0.02058
Spain					–	0.00859**
Morocco						–

Significance of values was assessed with 20,000 permutations and significant values are indicated with ** (α = 0.05)