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Table 3 Correlation between genetic diversity, lifetime expectancy, population size and dispersal rate

From: Positive correlation between genetic diversity and fitness in a large, well-connected metapopulation

 

Lifetime expectancy (LTE)

Census population size (N)

Dispersal rate (number of immigrants)

 

r

p

r

p

r

p

Expected heterozygosity (He)

1.000

<0.0001

0.600

0.285

1.000

<0.0001

Gene diversity (Div)

0.700

0.188

0.900

0.037

0.700

0.188

Percentage of polymorphic loci (PPL)

0.949

0.014

0.632

0.252

0.949

0.014

Lifetime expectancy (LTE)

-

-

0.600

0.285

1.000

<0.0001

  1. Spearman coefficients (r) in bold are statistically significant at the 0.05 level.