Table 1 Microsatellites genetic variability and demographic inferences about Z. vivipara populations using M-ratio test and the Wilcoxon test of heterozygosity excess (P-value)

From: Genetic and ecological data reveal species boundaries between viviparous and oviparous lizard lineages

Population

N

N a

A r

H o

H e

M-ratio

P-value (M_P_VAL)

Wilcoxon test (bottleneck)

       

θ=1

θ=2

θ=5

 

Z. v. carniolica

 Ampola

17

4.4

3.9

0.51

0.57

0.59

0.003

0.011

0.028

0.464

 Eastern Alps

32

9.6

6.5

0.59

0.65

0.68

0.032

0.062

0.107

0.990

 Piedmont

29

9.5

7.1

0.59

0.77

0.76

—

—

—

0.527

 Lombary

22

6.8

5.5

0.58

0.69

0.54

0.00004

0.001

0.002

0.726

 Rasun

14

5.5

5.2

0.47

0.69

0.43

0.00001

0.00001

0.00001

0.097

Z. v. vivipara

 East of Brenner line

96

14.8

14.5

0.71

0.79

0.72

—

—

—

0.632

 West of Brenner line

94

11.2

11.0

0.63

0.73

0.70

—

—

—

0.367

  1. Abbreviations: Na, number of alleles; Ar, allelic richness; Ho and He, observed and expected heterozygosity.
  2. Value in bold are significant using different values of θ.
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