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Table 3 Genetic differentiation (pairwise F ST values) among the eight subspecies as defined by mtDNA clades

From: Mitochondrial sequences reveal a clear separation between Angolan and South African giraffe along a cryptic rift valley

 

angolensis

giraffa

peralta

antiquorum

thornicrofti

tippelskirchi

reticulata

giraffa

0.940

      

peralta

0.935

0.978

     

antiquorum

0.905

0.967

0.859

    

thornicrofti

0.897

0.935

0.984

0.930

   

tippelskirchi

0.859

0.838

0.916

0.866

0.506

  

reticulata

0.901

0.961

0.839

0.689

0.900

0.856

 

rothschildi

0.938

0.980

0.959

0.887

0.996

0.918

0.842

  1. For assignment to mtDNA clades see Figure 1. All pairwise FST values were highly significant (p < 0.001) when testing with 1,000 permutations.
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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