The effect of host social system on parasite population genetic structure: comparative population genetics of two ectoparasitic mites and their bat hosts

Table 4 Analysis of Molecular variance (AMOVA) for both parasite species

Source of variation	d.f.	Sum of squares	Variance components	Percentage of variation
Spinturnix myoti
Among colonies	5	30.96	0.04	1.1*
Among individuals, within colonies	111	512.39	0.96	26.0*
Within individuals	117	315.5	2.69	72.9
Spinturnix bechsteini
Among regions	1	40.39	0.05	2.4*
Among colonies, within regions	11 (12)	269.92 (309.64)	0.5 (0.52)	*22.5 (23.3)*
Among individuals, within colonies	289	494.33 (518.55)	0.05 (0.08)	*2.2 (3.4)*
Within individuals	302	487 (496)	1.61 (1.64)	72.9 (73.3)

Analysis of molecular variance for a) Spinturnix myoti and b) Spinturnix bechsteini. For S. bechsteini a hierarchical AMOVA including region as an additional factor is shown, with the values of a non-hierarchical AMOVA given in parentheses. Asterisks indicate significant contributions.

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