Table 3.
Genetic variation in cheetahs inferred from mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA (μsat) data
| mtDNA (915 bp) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | No. cheetahs (mtDNA/μsat*) | No. haplotypes | No. variable sites | Haplotype diversity (SE) | π (SE) |
| Total | 78/60 | 18 | 29 + 1 indel | 0.909 (0.013) | 0.00659 (0.00352) |
| S-West Asia | 11/8 | 3 | 2 | 0.345 (0.172) | 0.00040 (0.00047) |
| N-East Africa | 26/25 | 3 | 3 | 0.551 (0.048) | 0.00073 (0.00064) |
| Southern Africa | 29/27 | 8 | 7 | 0.828 (0.046) | 0.00197 (0.00130) |
| East Africa | 11/0 | 3 | 7 | 0.636 (0.090) | 0.00381 (0.00237) |
| North Africa | 1/0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| μsat (18 loci) | |||||
| % Polymorphic loci | Total no. alleles | Average no. allele/locus (SE) | % Private alleles | HE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 145 | 8.06 (1.39) | 31.72 | 0.766 | |
| 88.9 | 42 | 2.33 (1.03) | 7.14 | 0.397 | |
| 100 | 107 | 5.94 (1.70) | 14.95 | 0.674 | |
| 100 | 111 | 6.17 (1.38) | 24.32 | 0.698 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — |
*
Nuclear genetic variation was assessed only among the extant populations.