AMOVA (Analysis of Molecular Variance) for four Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) breeding Grounds
SC is the
equivalent of FST for haploid data
like mtDNA sequences. The four breeding populations
of Harp Seals show significant differentiation in the
trans-Atlantic comparisons (SC
= 0.13
for NL Ice Front vs WS White Sea), as
well as between the two eastern populations (SC
= 0.10 for the WS
White Sea vs GS Jan Mayen Island in the
Greenland Sea). The two western Atlantic populations in the SG
Gulf of St Lawrence and NL Ice Front
are not significantly differentiated (SC
= 0.03). [SC
is mislabeled as ST
in the MS].