Table 1.

Details of the six polymorphic microsatellite markers used for gray catbird paternity analyses.

Locus	K1	N2	Hobs	Hexp	PIC3	Exc4	H–W5	FNull	Error6
DCA22	41	956	0.955	0.951	0.948	0.819	ns	–0.002	0.012
DCC24	30	953	0.915	0.914	0.907	0.706	ns	–0.001	0.011
DCD9	37	946	0.930	0.946	0.943	0.802	ns	+0.008	0.003
DCD22	13	956	0.871	0.876	0.863	0.599	ns	+0.002	0.033
MP24	20	955	0.865	0.885	0.874	0.623	ns	+0.012	0.026
MP25	28	890	0.939	0.942	0.938	0.787	ns	+0.001	0.007

¹Number of independently assorting alleles.

²Number of individuals typed.

³Polymorphic information content.

⁴Exclusion probability of the first parent.

⁵Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium tests.

⁶Error rates calculated from known mother–offspring comparisons.