Table 2. Estimated number of independent alleles of SNPs and STRs required to achieve 80%, 90%, and 95% overall correct assignment in 23 Atlantic salmon populations for each ranking method.

	Population dataset used for SNP ranking
	I (23)				II (16)				III (6)
	GlobalF ST	PairwiseF ST	Delta	Outlier	GlobalF ST	PairwiseF ST	Delta	Outlier	GlobalF ST	PairwiseF ST	Delta	Outlier	RandomSNPs	STRs*
80%	76	68	59	50	57	50	53	47	62	53	58	n/a	96	219 (∼18)
90%	113	104	100	81	90	82	87	71	98	87	95	n/a	149	336 (∼24)
95%	167	153	147	114	124	118	125	94	133	123	136	n/a	198	460 (∼28)

^*Estimated number of STR loci is indicated in parentheses.