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Table 3 Relative distribution of genetic variation among contemporary and historic walleye samples using AMOVA, calculated from mtDNA control region sequence and nuclear DNA μsat data

From: A population genetic window into the past and future of the walleye Sander vitreus: relation to historic walleye and the extinct “blue pike” S. v. “glaucus”

 

Control region

Microsatellite loci

Source of variation

% variation

Φ value

Mean FST

% variation

Φ value

Mean FST

1. Contemporary (O–P,S–T) vs. historic samples (Q–R)

26.01

0.260 NS

0.260

6.99

0.070 NS

0.167

Among sampling sites within groups

0.00

0.000 NS

0.176

0.87

0.009**

0.030

Within sampling sites

73.98

0.252**

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92.14

0.079**

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2. Among northern (A–E,V), Great Lakes (F–U), and southeast (W–Y) regions

12.06

0.121**

0.318

5.07

0.051**

0.129

Among sampling sites within groups

17.64

0.201**

0.238

4.97

0.052**

0.063

Within sampling sites

70.30

0.297**

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89.96

0.100**

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3. Among the contemporary 11 drainages (A–P,S–Y)

14.38

0.144**

0.286

4.26

0.043**

0.132

Among sampling sites within drainages

11.07

0.129**

0.158

3.13

0.033**

0.058

Within the sampling sites

74.05

0.254**

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92.61

0.074**

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4. Between lake (A–E,G–H,J,O2,P1,S–V) and river (F,I,K–O1,O3–4,P2,W–Y) spawners

0.00

0.000 NS

0.306

0.58

0.006**

0.107

Among sampling sites within groups

24.92

0.247**

0.298

6.59

0.066**

0.100

Within sampling sites

75.08

0.241**

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92.83

0.071**

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  1. NS = not significant, ** = significant.