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Table 2 Bayesian clustering analyses and different models used to infer the optimal number of population (K)

From: Chinstrap penguin population genetic structure: one or more populations along the Southern Ocean?

Bayesian clustering software

Model use

Inferred number of cluster (K)

BAPS

Spatial, with mixture model

K = 1

 

Spatial, with admixture model

K = 1

 

Non-spatial model, with admixture model

K = 7

GENELAND

Spatial model, with uncorrelated allele frequency

K = 1

 

Spatial model, with correlated allele frequency

K = 3

STRUCTURE

Admixture, with correlated allele frequency, using location information

K = 1

 

Admixture, with independent allele frequency, using location information

K = 1

 

Admixture, with correlated allele frequency, no location information supplied

K = 1

 

Admixture, with independent allele frequency, no location information supplied

K = 1

 

No admixture, with correlated allele frequency, using location information

K = 1

 

No admixture, with independent allele frequency, using location information

K = 1

 

No admixture, with correlated allele frequency, no location information supplied

K = 1

 

No admixture, with independent allele frequency, no location information supplied

K = 3, K = 2 *

  1. *Inferred number of cluster using Evanno’s method