Table 2. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of Cytochrome b (Cytb) and Control Region (CR) of the Mediterranean and North–eastern Atlantic Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca).

	Cytb			CR
	% variation	Φ-Statistics	p	% variation	Φ-Statistics	p
AMOVA1: Overall (all population samples)
Among populations	8.20			11.25
Within populations	91.80	ST = 0.0819	0.00000	88.75	ST = 0.11249	0.00000
AMOVA2: 2 groups: (NNEATL+SNEATL vs WMED+EMED)
Among groups	12.39	CT = 0.1239	0.03496	7.89	CT = 0.0788	0.03471
Among pops within group	2.40	SC = 0.0273	0.02287	7.41	SC = 0.0804	0.00005
Within populations	92.68	ST = 0.1479	0.00000	84.70	ST = 0.1529	0.00000
AMOVA3: 3 groups: (NNEATL+SNEATL vs WMED vs EMED)
Among groups	7.01	CT = 0.0701	0.02188	5.68	CT = 0.0568	0.03656
Among pops within group	2.84	SC = 0.0305	0.02397	6.78	SC = 0.0719	0.00075
Within populations	90.15	ST = 0.0985	0.00000	87.54	ST = 0.1246	0.00000
AMOVA4: 4 groups: (NNEATL vs SNEATL vs WMED vs EMED)
Among groups	8.87	CT = 0.0887	0.02073	7.93	CT = 0.0793	0.03726
Among pops within group	1.20	SC = 0.0132	0.13076	4.89	SC = 0.0531	0.00649
Within populations	89.92	ST = 0.1007	0.00000	87.18	ST = 0.1282	0.00000