Table 3. Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of genetic variation of Merluccius productus for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and microsatellite loci (M).

Structure	Source of variation	Percentage of variation		Fixation indices		P value
		mtDNA	M	mtDNA	M	mtDNA	M
A. All localities	Among groups	41.56	2.75	0.416	0.027	<0.001	<0.001
	Within populations	58.44	97.25
B. Three groups: Pacific coast–Puget Sound, northern Gulf of California, Costa Rica.	Among groups	58.45	2.1	0.584	0.021	0.028	0.108
	Among populations within groups	1.82	2.22	0.044	0.023	<0.001	<0.001
	Within populations	39.71	95.68	0.602	0.043	<0.001	<0.001
C. Three groups: Pacific coast, Puget Sound, northern Gulf of California.	Among groups	49.16	3.18	0.492	0.032	0.139	0.036
	Among populations within groups	5.96	0.55	0.117	0.006	<0.001	0.006
	Within populations	44.88	96.27	0.551	0.037	<0.001	<0.001
D. Four groups: Pacific coast, Puget Sound, northern Gulf of California, Costa Rica.	Among groups	50.25	3.4	0.502	0.034	0.059	0.017
	Among populations within groups	2.4	0.53	0.048	0.005	0.001	0.005
	Within populations	47.35	96.08	0.526	0.039	<0.001	<0.001

Pacific coast refers pooled locations from the Pacific Ocean (Washington, Oregon, Eureka, San Francisco, Vizcaino, Southern Baja California Peninsula).