Table 3. Theta ( θ ) and theta relative to chromosome 2 (Rel) for 13 chromosome-specific microsatellite loci in the Kangaroo Island and Garden Island tammar wallaby populations.

	Kangaroo Island				Garden Island
	C a	He	θ	Rel	C a	He	θ	Rel
Me2-40	184	0.093			90	0.043
Me2-47	298	0.813			132	0.661
Me2-61	286	0.809			114	0.052
Me2-84	296	0.832			144	0.014
Chrom. 2 mean	266	0.637	3.291	1.00	120	0.192	0.267	1.00
MeX-34	170	0.212			30	0.455
MeX-54	116	0.643			49	0.568
MeX-55	170	0.651			40	0.000
MeX-66	174	0.328			45	0.245
X chrom. mean	158	0.459	1.208	0.37	41	0.317	0.572	2.14
MeY-01	65	0.745			56	0.035
MeY-03	65	0.089			56	0.070
MeY-28	65	0.597			56	0.035
MeY-37	65	0.239			56	0.000
MeY-57	65	0.000			56	0.035
Y chrom. mean	65	0.334	0.627	0.19	56	0.035	0.037	0.14

Theta was calculated based on expected (H_e) heterozygosity for each chromosome, with haploid male and diploid female data combined for X chromosome loci.

^aNumber of chromosomes included in this analysis for each locus.