Table 3.
Analyses of molecular variance (AMOVA) of Lumbricus rubellus and L. terrestris assigned a priori into populations separated by climate regions, geographic barriers (Great Plains and Rocky Mountains) or by geographic distance between transects. Molecular variance is given in percent.
| tested barriers |
L. rubellus |
L. terrestris |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| within sp | d.f. | within gg | d.f. | among gg | d.f. | FCT | p-value | within sp | d.f. | within gg | d.f. | among gg | d.f. | FCT | p-value | ||
|
Climate (BC vs AL,MN vs MI,NY) |
93.32 | 104 | 4.92 | 17 | 1.76 | 2 | 0.02 | 0.022 | 70.58 | 102 | 18.20 | 16 | 11.22 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.001 | |
|
Great Plains & Rocky Mountains (BC vs AL vs MN,MI,NY) |
92.47 | 104 | 4.81 | 17 | 2.71 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.011 | 71.96 | 102 | 20.00 | 16 | 8.04 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.015 | |
|
Great Plains (BC,AL vs MN,MI,NY) |
93.48 | 104 | 5.81 | 18 | 0.71 | 1 | 0.01 | 0.157 | 72.04 | 102 | 22.44 | 17 | 5.51 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.036 | |
|
Rocky Mountains (BC vs AL,MN,MI,NY) |
92.52 | 104 | 5.43 | 18 | 2.06 | 1 | 0.02 | 0.057 | 72.47 | 102 | 24.84 | 17 | 2.69 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.224 | |
|
Transect (BC vs AL vs MN vs MI vs NY) |
93.39 | 104 | 3.75 | 15 | 2.86 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.001 | 72.62 | 102 | 17.92 | 14 | 9.46 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.006 | |