Hybridization and introgression in sympatric and allopatric populations of four oak species

BMC Plant Biology

Table 4 Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) among the four Quercus. L groups

Source of variation	Degree of freedom	Sum of squares	Variance components	Percentage of variation	Fixation indices
*Allopatric*
Among regions	3	197.815	0.0821	1.04	F_CT = 0.01044
Among populations within regions	6	315.516	0.76946	9.78	F_SC = 0.09887**
Within populations	590	4137.551	7.0128	89.17	F_ST = 0.10828**
*Heterogeneous*
Among species	3	269.453	0.3212	4.06	F_CT = 0.04064*
Among populations within species	6	243.878	0.56879	7.2	F_SC = 0.07502**
Within populations	590	4137.551	7.0128	88.74	F_ST = 0.11262**

F_CT, F_SC and F_ST: genetic differences among regions (sub-regions), among populations within regions (sub-regions), and among all populations, respectively. *P < 0.00, **P < 0.0001. P-value was obtained through 10,000 permutations

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