Taken together, the observed results confirm the hypothesis of a marked differentiation among the three breeds in terms of physio-pathological phenotypes, with the haematological picture being a relevant feature.
The detached Mayotte centroid suggests a marked differentiation from all the other populations.
But, he added, "going forward, we're going to see some marked differentiation in the strategies".
In our study, a marked differentiation between the Spanish Merino populations from Estremadura and from Andalusia was observed with both the ADMIXTURE and the neighbor-network analyses.
One of the most robust results found in genetic studies focusing on East Asian populations is the marked genetic differentiation between Northeast Asian and Southeast Asian populations (NEAS and SEAS), respectively (Cavalli-Sforza et al. 1994; Chu et al. 1998; Du et al. 1997; Xue et al. 2005).
Another striking feature of F. suspensa was the marked group differentiation based on cpDNA (ΦCT = 0.793).
The marked genetic differentiation between the contributing populations in this case allows an attempt to disentangle their influence; such recognition may be more difficult when source populations for migrations or invasions are only slightly differentiated from recipient populations, as in the case of the Anglo-Saxon or Viking contributions to the British Isles, for example.
To examine the potential role of selection in driving the marked genetic differentiation between highland and lowland populations, we calculated F ST values per locus between Le Maido (2,062 m) and St. Leu (509 m) on the east side of the island.
This is confirmed by genetic analyses of matrilineal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences, which reveal a marked differentiation between modern B. taurus and B. indicus haplotypes, demonstrating their derivation from two geographically- and genetically-divergent wild populations [5].
These vectors are also correlated with the direction of the only marked morphological differentiation, namely from Corsica to Piana (V1Gardouch |R| = 0.819, V1Fango |R| = 0.787, P<0.001).
