Table 5 Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) for nine established populations of I. scapularis from Canada and the United States
From: Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Variance component | df | % variance | Fixation index | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Among regionsa | 3 | 3.8 | ΦCT =0.03791 | < 0.0001 |
Among populations within regions | 5 | 1.9 | ΦSC =0.01947 | < 0.005 |
Within populations | 503 | 94.3 | ΦST =0.05665 | < 0.0001 |