Figure 2
Kinship coefficients (ρ) as a function of the relative distance between (a) nymphal and (b) adult tick groups of cliff LH. Kinship coefficients were calculated following Loiselle et al (1995) and represent the mulilocus estimate for eight microsatellite loci. There were no significant deviations of kinship coefficients from values expected under random distributions for any distance class. At the zero distance class, open symbols represent inbreeding coefficients (***P<0.001) and closed symbols represent the intragroup kinship coefficient (corresponding to an estimate of between-nest differentiation, or FST).
