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Interpretation

Recall that $F_{SR}$ can be interpreted as the amount of genetic differentiation among populations within geographical regions and that $F_{RT}$ can be interpreted as the amount of genetic differentiation among geographical regions. What these data show us is that there are much greater differences among populations within geographical regions ($F_{SR}=0.21$) than there are among geographical regions ($F_{RT}=0.04$).



Kent Holsinger 2008-09-15