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Table 3 Results of the AMOVA testing for genetic structure in the cytochrome b sequences. Test were carried out between Atlantic and Indian Ocean populations of the blue petrel Halobaena caerulea, thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri, and Antarctic prion P. desolata

From: Does genetic structure reflect differences in non-breeding movements? A case study in small, highly mobile seabirds

Species

Source of variation

d.f.

Sum of squares

Percentage of variation

F ST

Blue petrel

Between populations

1

0.280

2.3

0.022ns

Within populations

25

5.350

97.7

 

Thin-billed prion

Between populations

1

7.148

35.1

0.351***

Within populations

25

21.543

64.9

 

Antarctic prion

Between populations

1

0.477

2.7

0.027**

Within populations

29

23.265

97.3

 
  1. *P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, ns: not significant