Table 1.

Characterization of the 12 microsatellite markers used.

locus	K	HE	HO	primer reference
Hofi 3	14	0.78	0.86	Hawley (2005)
Hofi 5	11	0.85	0.74	Hawley (2005)
Hofi 20	11	0.86	0.76	Hawley (2005)
Hofi 23	8	0.81	0.77	Hawley (2005)
Hofi 24	6	0.46	0.48	Hawley (2005)
Hofi 52	9	0.83	0.83	Hawley (2005)
VeCr 06	7	0.80	0.76	Stenzler et al. (2004)
Lox 2	18	0.90	0.81	Piertney et al. (1998)
Lox 3	5	0.73	0.60	Piertney et al. (1998)
Tc.11B4E	6	0.74	0.81	Tarr et al. (1998)
Tc.12B5E	15	0.88	0.87	Tarr et al. (1998)
GCSW 10	3	0.40	0.33	McRae et al. (2005)

Number of alleles (K), expected heterozygosity (H_E) and observed heterozygosity (H_O) based on 40 individuals.