Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge Leucetta chagosensis (Leucettidae): Founder effects, vicariance, or both?

Table 4 Pairwise F_ST values of eight populations in the SW Pacific (ATPSb-iII alleles).

	Northern GBR	Central GBR	Capricorn Section (S'GBR)	Sunshine Coast & Brisbane	Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Samoa/Fiji/Vanuatu
Northern GBR	-
Central GBR	0.12*	-
Capricorn Section (S'GBR)	0.72	0.61	-
Sunshine Coast & Brisbane	0.94	0.83	0.08 ns	-
Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea	0.41	0.20	0.40	0.55	-
Papua New Guinea (PNG),	0.29	0.10	0.47	0.63	0.13	-
Samoa/Fiji/Vanuatu	0.54	0.43	0.61	0.64	0.38	0.41	-
Moorea & Tuamotu (Polynesia)	0.89	0.70	0.74	0.99	0.47	0.48	0.43

Pairwise F_ST values of eight populations in the SW Pacific (ATPSb-iII alleles). Bold values indicate a significance level of <0.01, * a significance level of <0.05 after 10,100 permutations in Arlequin 3.1. ns = non-significant. Populations correspond to subset 2 of Tables 2 and 3.

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