Table 2. Polymorphism at nine cross-species mammalian microsatellite loci.
| C2-1218* | C2-6868* | C2-1915* | C4-1514* | C6-1112 | C9-1918 | C14-9692 | C15-3531 | C17-4243* | |
| Human | 268–294 (9/18) | 228 (1/20) | 166–178 (5/17) | 281–283 (2/20) | 152–156 (2/19) | 300–302 (2/14) | 234–237 (3/20) | 226–228 (2/17) | 311 (1/20) |
| 0.47/0.82 | 0/0 | 0.71/0.64 | 0.30/0.26 | 0.11/0.19 | 0.38/0.52 | 0.05/0.15 | 0.29/0.26 | 0/0 | |
| Chimpanzee | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mouse | 291–301 (10/20) | 242–291 (16/17) | 216–238 (10/14) | 313–317 (4/19) | 155–161 (3/18) | 311 (1/20) | 240–242 (2/19) | 297–299 (2/16) | 319–325 (5/19) |
| 0.30/0.76 | 0.56/0.93 | 0.50/0.91 | 0.22/0.52 | 0.50/0.51 | 0/0 | 0.26/0.56 | 0.13/0.12 | 0.42/0.62 | |
| Rat | 274–280 (2/20) | 236 (1/20) | 176 –180 (3/20) | 274 (1/20) | 158–162 (3/19) | n/a | n/a | 237 (1/20) | 326 (1/15) |
| 0.45/0.36 | 0/0 | 0.35/0.31 | 0/0 | 0.47/0.55 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |||
| Dog | 268–278 (9/20) | 256–268 (4/18) | 180–191 (5/19) | 297–299 (2/17) | 3 peaks (1/11) | n/a | 214 (1/20) | n/a | 309 (1/20) |
| 0.40/0.83 | 0.28/0.52 | 0.47/0.78 | 0.12/0.11 | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||||
| Cat | 265–276 (8/20) | n/a | 176–188 (6/19) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 312 (1/20) |
| 0.75/0.82 | 0.63/0.72 | 0/0 | |||||||
| Cow | 259–264 (2/18) | 231 (1/20) | 167–169 (2/20) | 281 (1/20) | 146 (1/20) | 300–305 (2/20) | 208 (1/20) | 240–242 (2/20) | 308 (1/20) |
| 0.06/0.06 | 0/0 | 0.15/0.22 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.50/0.51 | 0/0 | 0.05/0.05 | 0/0 | |
| Sheep | 270–280 (8/19) | 229–237 (4/14) | 163–173 (4/15) | 292 (1/20) | 146 (1/20) | 307–308 (2/20) | 208–212 (3/18) | n/a | 306 (1/20) |
| 0.58/0.83 | 0.29/0.37 | 0.56/0.64 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0.10 | 0.39/0.60 | 0/0 | ||
| Dolphin | 264–278 (4/19) | n/a | 160–176 (7/19) | 291–295 (2/16) | 148–150 (2/19) | 313–319 (3/16) | 214–215 (2/19) | 226 (1/20) | 303–304 (2/20) |
| 0.47/0.61 | 0.74/0.81 | 0.13/0.12 | 0.17/0.25 | 0.50/0.59 | 0/0.27 | 0/0 | 0/0.39 | ||
| Pilot Whale | 265 (1/20) | 243 (1/20) | 161–174 (6/17) | 292 (1/19) | 148 (1/20) | 313–317 (4/18) | 216 (1/20) | 223 (1/20) | 307 (1/20) |
| 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.82/0.79 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.39/0.70 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Hedgehog | 260–272 (5/20) | 225–230 (5/20) | 268–172 (3/20) | 321–325 (2/20) | 148–154 (2/20) | 345 (1/20) | 151–157 (2/20) | 213–227 (7/20) | 303 (1/20) |
| 0.65/0.70 | 0/0.10 | 0.40/0.56 | 0.45/0.48 | 0.25/0.30 | 0/0 | 0.25/0.30 | 0.65/0.81 | 0/0 | |
| Shrew | 309–329 (11/20) | 254–256 (3/20) | 221–223 (2/20) | 281 (1/20) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 309–313 (4/19) |
| 0.80/0.88 | 0.50/0.45 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.26/0.25 | |||||
| Dugong | 269–273 (4/20) | 225 (1/17) | 176 (1/20) | 274 (1/19) | 138 (1/17) | 289 (1/18) | n/a | 222 (1/17) | 294–298 (3/18) |
| 0.45/0.57 | 0.05/0.05 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.50/0.41 | ||
| Tenrec | n/a | n/a | n/a | 281 (1/20) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 316–319 (4/15) |
| 0/0 | 0.33/0.55 | ||||||||
| Tammar wallaby | 249–291 (9/16) | n/a | 193–195 (2/16) | 281 (1/16) | 149 (1/16) | n/a | n/a | 191–293 (14/15) | 325–332 (5/10) |
| 0.79/0.83 | 0.06/0.06 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.60/0.94 | 0.20/0.70 | ||||
| Quoll | 241–243 (2/9) | 318–342 (6/8) | n/a | 297 (1/20) | 148 (1/20) | n/a | 203 (1/14) | n/a | 299 (1/15) |
| 0.11/0.11/0.10 | 0.50/0.81/0.72 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| Platypus | 245–263 (2/15) | 346–382 (7/13) | 214–226 (4/15) | n/a | 145 (1/11) | n/a | 208 (1/18) | n/a | 298 (1/15) |
| 0/0.13/0.12 | 0.85/0.72/0.64 | 0.13/0.36/0.32 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| Echidna | 248–252 (4/15) | 372–376 (4/13) | n/a | 317 (1/14) | 142 (1/12) | 278 (1/20) | 205–213 (5/14) | 194–196 (2/12) | 298 (1/17) |
| 0.20/0.57 | 0/0.65 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0.50/0.76 | 0.09/0.09 | 0/0 |
Allelic Range (number of alleles/number of individuals successfully genotyped) Observed Heterozygosity/Expected Heterozygosity.
*
indicates sequenced loci.