Table 1. Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of graylags and their domestic descendants, considering pure populations of graylags (first group) and pure breeds of European domestic geese (second group).

Source of variation	Sum of squares	Variance components	Percentage variation	Fixation indices
Among groups	47565.119	431.4291	15.8	FCT = 0.158a
Among populations and breeds within groups	82960.489	302.51404	11.1	FSC = 0.131a
Within populations and breeds	345889.821	2003.45893	73.2	FST = 0.268a
Total	476415.429	2737.40207

^aP < 0.001.