I hope someone could help me with this AMOVA results between two plant populations (SSR): 55% Within Indiv, 40% Among individ, 5% Among pops. What does it mean that most of variation is within individuals?
1. Variation within individuals compares molecular markers within the same individual plant (for some reason), whereas among individuals compare two different plants in the same population.
2. There are three levels because there must be three factors in the AMOVA, or two factors considered individually and have been crossed or nested as well.
3. There are at least two populations since population is a factor, but variation due to this factor is very low (5%).