Table 2.

Number of alleles, observed (Ho) and expected (He) heterozygosity and exclusion probabilities of microsatellite loci used for paternity analyses in Malurus coronatus, based on 137 dominant birds.

Locus	No of alleles	Ho	He	Prob. of maternal exclusion	Prob. of paternal exclusion
Mcy1	6	0.796	0.734	0.326	0.502
Mcy3	9	0.810	0.830	0.494	0.666
Mcy4	2	0.496	0.500	0.123	0.187
Mcy8	17	0.917	0.912	0.688	0.816
MSp4	9	0.467	0.478	0.127	0.290
Msp6	7	0.684	0.704	0.292	0.469
Total	50			0.9423	0.9906