. 2017 Jul 5;17:160. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1008-x

Table 1.

Genetic variation and tests for selection and/or population expansion. Parameters are based on 18 polymorphic microsatellites recorded in Atlantic and Indian Ocean populations of the blue petrel Halobaena caerulea, thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri, and Antarctic prion P. desolata

Species	Site	Microsatellites						Mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b 889 bp
Species	Site	N	A	H _o	H _e	F _IS	N	D	F _S
Blue petrel	South Georgia	19	7.2 ± 3.7	0.53 ± 0.24	0.66 ± 0.28	0.206^***	12	−1.385^ns	−1.088^ns
Blue petrel	Kerguelen Islands	30	7.7 ± 4.9	0.52 ± 0.28	0.62 ± 0.30	0.168^***	15	−1.159^ns	−0.649^ns
Thin-billed prion	Falkland Islands	42	8.4 ± 2.6	0.71 ± 0.10	0.74 ± 0.11	0.042^ns	16	−1.983^*	−5.302^**
Thin-billed prion	Kerguelen Islands	34	8.5 ± 2.8	0.74 ± 0.12	0.76 ± 0.11	0.031^*	16	−1.168^ns	−3.147^*
Antarctic prion	South Georgia	35	8.5 ± 2.6	0.69 ± 0.12	0.75 ± 0.13	0.075^**	17	−1.773^ns	−4.201^*
Antarctic prion	Kerguelen Islands	38	9.4 ± 3.5	0.71 ± 0.16	0.74 ± 0.16	0.047^ns	15	−1.814^*	−4.997^**

N: number of individuals with reliable amplification. A: number of alleles (mean ± s.d.). H _o: observed heterozygosity (mean ± s.d.). H _e: expected heterozygosity (mean ± s.d.). F _IS: inbreeding coefficient. D: Tajima’s statistic. F _S: Fu’s statistic (* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, ns: not significant)