Table 2 AMOVA of AFLPs (a) and SSRs (b)

From: Geographical parthenogenesis and population genetic structure in the alpine species Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae)

AFLPs

Source of variation

d.f.

Sum of squares

Variance components

% of variation

95% CI

FST total

(a)

       

All populations

Among populations

71

14 545.564

13.09

36.82

0.34540

0.368***

 

Within populations

937

21 048.938

22.46

63.18

0.38246

 

2 × only

Among populations

10

2307.004

14.50

38.50

0.35246–0.41687

0.385***

 

Within populations

152

3519.916

23.16

61.50

  

3 × only

Among populations

5

572.197

12.71

36.93

0.33554–0.40202

0.369***

 

Within populations

39

846.425

21.70

63.07

  

4 × only

Among populations

42

8964.774

11.03

33.17

0.31275–0.3500

0.332***

 

Within populations

706

15 691.125

22.23

66.83

  

2 × versus 4 ×

Among populations

53

12 615.932

12.83

36.42

0.34509–0.38274

0.364***

 

Within populations

858

19 211.041

22.39

63.58

  

AMOVA SSRs

Fit

Fis

FST

Rit

Ris

RST

GST

(b)

       

All among population

0.158**

0.0218**

0.1393**

0.2282**

0.1494**

0.0926**

0.178

2 × , among populations

0.1435**

0.0146

0.1308**

0.2461**

0.1379**

0.1254**

0.114

3 × , among populations

0.1311*

−0.0462*

0.1695

0.2968*

0.3088*

−0.017

0.316

4 × , among populations

0.1748**

0.0414**

0.1392**

0.2091**

0.1464**

0.0734**

0.182

  1. Abbreviations: AFLP, amplified fragment length polymorphism; All, all samples were used; AMOVA, analysis of molecular variance; CI, confidence index; d.f., degree of freedom; SSR, simple sequence repeat.
  2. *Significant, P0.5.
  3. **Highly significant, P<0.05.
  4. ***Highly significant, P0.005.