Causes and consequences of fine-scale population structure in a critically endangered freshwater seal

BMC Ecology

Table 5 Estimates of sex-specific differentiation and gene flow in the Saimaa ringed seal population

	Northern	Kolovesi	Main Haukivesi	Pihlajavesi	Southern
	Saimaa		area	area	Saimaa
Northern Saimaa	–	15.67	18.55	8.18	3.87
Kolovesi	0.129	–	7.22	5.01	5.44
Main Haukivesi area	0.045	0.142	–	11.31	6.50
Pihlajavesi area	0.090	0.186	0.055	–	7.79
Southern Saimaa	0.143	0.170	0.074	0.055	–

Estimates show the expected level of differentiation for paternally inherited genes (F_ST(males); below diagonal) and the ratio of male- and female-mediated gene flow (m_(males)/m_(females); above diagonal) among ringed seals from five regions of Lake Saimaa.

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