Table 6.

Breakdown of error per locus into the categories described in the text (after calibration, note that drop-out is ‘assumed’, see text)

	Ssa14	Ssa171	Ssa197	Ssa202	Ssa289	SsaD144	SsaD157	SsaD486	SsaF43	SSsp1605	SSsp2201	SSsp2210	SSsp2216	SSsp3016	SSspG7	Ssosl85	Total
Error type
Size-shift	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Size-shift plus mis-score	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mistaken allele	13	24	35	14	30	23	16	2	29	30	18	12	13	14	12	14	299
Incorrect repeat length	0	0	3	6	0	14	5	0	8	6	23	1	1	2	12	0	81
Typo.	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6
Sample swap	12	12	12	0	12	4	0	0	12	0	3	4	17	12	2	72	174
Small allele drop-out	1	6	2	1	1	0	10	1	5	1	13	1	3	4	6	2	57
Large allele drop-out	1	2	3	0	2	3	7	1	46	1	5	2	1	10	10	2	96
Proportion
Analytical	0.46	0.55	0.68	0.95	0.67	0.84	0.54	0.50	0.37	0.92	0.66	0.65	0.39	0.38	0.56	0.16	0.53
Clerical	0.46	0.27	0.23	0.00	0.27	0.09	0.03	0.00	0.12	0.03	0.05	0.20	0.50	0.29	0.07	0.80	0.25
Drop-out	0.07	0.18	0.09	0.05	0.07	0.07	0.44	0.50	0.51	0.05	0.29	0.15	0.11	0.33	0.37	0.04	0.21

The proportion of errors into the broad classes described in the text is also provided