Table 2 Hierarchical AMOVA results based on mtDNA

From: Strong trans-Pacific break and local conservation units in the Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) revealed by genome-wide cytonuclear markers

Source of variation

d.f

Sum of squares

Variance components

Percentage of variation

P values

Among regions

2

61.249

0.49362

29.61

<0.001

Among localities within regions

8

20.585

0.06886

4.13

<0.001

Within localities

218

240.856

1.10484

66.26

<0.001

  1. Regions are East Pacific (WGAL west Galapagos, EGAL east Galapagos, MEX Mexico) central-west Pacific—Indian Ocean (LHW Lord Howe Island, MID Middleton Reef, NOR Norfolk Island, ELZ Elizabeth Reef, KER Kermadec, HAW Hawaii, and SAF South Africa)