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Table 2 Mitochondrial control region sequence variability and population demographic parameters for roundscale spearfish and white marlin

From: Comparative population genetics and evolutionary history of two commonly misidentified billfishes of management and conservation concern

Species and Sample

n

nh

h

Ï€

MPE Θ (95% CI)

MPE g (95% CI)

F S

R 2

RS WNA

42

36

0.992 ± 0.007

0.024 ± 0.012

0.391 (0.206, 0.895)

220.04 (129.93, 352.30)

−17.00†

0.053*

RS WSA

41

37

0.994 ± 0.007

0.024 ± 0.012

0.219 (0.124, 0.447)

148.35 (68.13, 256.15)

−20.49†

0.058*

RS overall

83

69

0.993 ± 0.004

0.024 ± 0.012

0.402 (0.267, 0.666)

193.47 (125.30, 284.18)

−24.21†

0.044*

WM overall

99

91

0.998 ± 0.002

0.037 ± 0.018

0.772 (0.534, 1.226)

180.00 (130.55, 242.07)

−23.95†

0.045*

  1. Abbreviations: RS, roundscale spearfish; WM, white marlin; WNA, western North Atlantic; WSA, western South Atlantic; n, number of individuals; nh, number of haplotypes; h, haplotype diversity, π, nucleotide diversity; MPE Θ, most probable estimate of Kuhner’s (2006) parameter theta; (95% CI), 95% credibility intervals; MPE g, most probable estimate of Kuhner’s (2006) exponential growth rate; F S, Fu’s (1996) test statistic; R 2, Ramos and Rozas (2002) test statistic. *indicates significance at P < 0.01; †indicates significance at P < 0.001.