Table 2.

Summary of microsatellite allele data revealed by 16 microsatellites loci in 377 female trees belonging to 18 Libyan date palm cultivars

SSR locus	Allelic range (bp)	Total alleles	Number of genotypes	H obs	H exp	Number of fixed alleles	Fixed alleles	Cultivarsa with the fixed allele
mPdCIR 10	138–176	6	13	0.41	0.46	1	154	A, Be, D, Hal, O, S, Tag, Tam
mPdCIR 15	142–157	5	15	0.87	0.77	2	142	Tag
							157	Z
mPdCIR 25	219–257	6	17	0.90	0.76	1	249	Be
mPdCIR 32	306–321	5	13	0.71	0.66	2	316	S, Z
							309	Tal
mPdCIR 70	205–227	9	32	0.91	0.83	1	213	D
mPdCIR 78	126–173	11	36	0.85	0.85	2	136	Tag
							153	S
mPdCIR 85	175–199	8	39	0.83	0.85	2	175	O
							181	Hal
mPdCIR 93	181–197	7	17	0.77	0.77	1	197	O
PDCAT 1	103–123	4	10	0.23	0.63	4	103	Tam, Z
							105	Bes, S
							119	A, D, Hal, S
							123	Tal
PDCAT 2	186–209	7	20	0.85	0.79	2	186 206	Z
								Bes
PDCAT 6	142–172	7	17	0.82	0.71	2	150	Z
							158	O
PDCAT 8	222–258	6	14	0.78	0.68	2	246	S
							252	Tal
PDCAT 11	154–177	6	20	0.75	0.79	2	154	Z
							159	S
PDCAT 14	141–163	9	20	0.42	0.63	1	155	D, Hal, O, Tag, Tal, Tam
PDCAT 17	131–157	6	14	0.45	0.63	3	141	S
							147	A, D, K, N, O
							157	Tal
PDCAT 18	123–149	8	29	0.88	0.77	0	0
Total		110				28

H_obs observed heterozygosity by locus, H_exp expected heterozygosity at the HW equilibrium

^aA Abel, Ba Bamour, Ber Berni, Bes Bestian, D Deglet, Hal Halima, Ham Hamria, K Kathari, N Noyat Meka, O Omglaib, S Saiedi, Sa Saila, So Sokeri, Tag Tagiat, Tal Talis, Tam Tameg, Tas Tasferit, Z Zebur