. 2014 Apr 8;9(4):e93828. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093828

Table 3. Genetic diversity in the Caucasian wolves in comparison with wolf populations from Southern Europe.

Region (n samples)	mtDNA				microsatellite loci					Source
	n haplotypes (sequence length)	Haplotype diversity	Nucleotide diversity	n alleles per locus (SE)	H_O (SE)	H_E (SE)	F_IS (SE)	N_E (LDNe)	N_E (Ne Estimator)
Caucasus (43)	9 (660 bp)	0.87	0.012	7.8 (0.8)	0.690 (0.033)	0.749 (0.031)	0.068 (0.020)	100	88	this study
Bulgaria (74)	11 (660 bp)	0.87	0.016	7.9 (0.9)	0.624 (0.032)	0.749 (0.026)	0.167 (0.023)	164	145	this study
Spain (7)	2 (660 bp)	0.29	0.004	2.9 (0.2)	0.505 (0.055)	0.547 (0.035)	−0.030 (0.100)	-	-	this study
Spain (47)	3 (333 bp)	0.56	0.010	5.5	0.525	0.645	0.177	43	54	[52]
Italy (103)	1 (546 bp)	0	0	4.4	0.44	0.49	0.10	-	-	[13]
Italy (435)	-	-	-	4.1–5.4	0.59–0.62	0.59–0.64	0.018–0.037	-	-	[76]