Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa

Table 2 Results of AMOVA of Termitomyces symbionts at three hierarchical levels.

*Source of variation*	d.f.	Sum of squares	Variance component	% variation	Fixation indices	P value
Between genera	2	2064.85	28.72	47	Φ_CT = 0.47	0.0029
Among species within genera	5	439.53	11.18	18	Φ_SC = 0.34	0.0020
Within species	77	1677.90	21.79	35	Φ_ST = 0.65	< 0.0001
Total	84	4182.27	61.68	100
*Within Odontotermes: Φ* _ST *= 0.25 (p < 0.001)*
*Comparison*	Pairwise Φ _ST		P value
*latericius & transvaalensis*	0.34		p < 0.001
*latericius & badius*	0.23		p = 0.002
*transvaalensis & badius*	0.08		p = 0.19; n.s.
*Within Microtermes: Φ* _ST *= 0.13 (p = 0.08)*			0.37
*Comparison*	Pairwise Φ _ST		P value
*Sp. I & sp. II*	0.21		p = 0.11; n.s.
*Sp. I & sp. III*	0.01		p = 0.58; n.s.
*Sp. I & sp. IV*	0.27		p = 0.13; n.s.
*Sp. II & sp. III*	0.10		p = 0.36; n.s.
*Sp. II & sp. IV*	-0.36		p = 0.99; n.s.
*Sp. III & sp. IV*	0.37		P = 0.04
*Sp. I & sp. III*	0.01		p = 0.58; n.s.
*Sp. I & sp. IV*	0.27		p = 0.13; n.s.
*Sp. II & sp. III*	0.10		p = 0.36; n.s.
*Sp. II & sp. IV*	-0.36		p = 0.99; n.s.
*Sp. III & sp. IV*	0.37		P = 0.04

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