List of abbreviations:
BP = before present
m = meter
mm = millimeter
h = hour
ca. = around
i.e., = stands for
e.g., = for example
NaCl = Sodium Chloride
FAME = fatty acid methyl esters
H2SO4 = Sulfuric acid
GC = Gas chromatographic
oC = degree Celsius
oC/min = degree Celsius/minutes
UPGMA = Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean
PCA = principal component analysis
PERMANOVA = Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance
MANOVA = Multivariate analysis of variance
SIMPER= similarity percentage routine
ANOSIM = analysis of similarities
N =Number of individuals genotyped
NA = number of alleles
H E=expected heterozygosity
H O = observed heterozygosity
A R= allelic richness
PA R = private allelic richness
Α = alpha
FCA = Factorial correspondence analysis
k=number of alleles
DAPC = Discriminant Analysis of Principal Components
IMP = Integrated Ecotypeometrics Programs
CVA = Canonical Variate Analyses