Table 2.

Genetic diversity indices (Average) across 11 Indian cattle breeds with 21 microsatellite markers

Cattle population	Na	Ne	Ho	He	Fis
Bachaur	9.476 ± 0.752	4.186 ± 0.440	0.694 ± 0.038	0.705 ± 0.030	0.017
Gangatiri	9.190 ± 0.716	4.117 ± 0.436	0.709 ± 0.034	0.702 ± 0.030	−0.010*
Kherigarh	9.238 ± 0.889	4.086 ± 0.444	0.704 ± 0.035	0.700 ± 0.029	−0.002
Kenkatha	9.000 ± 0.878	4.123 ± 0.409	0.724 ± 0.036	0.703 ± 0.030	−0.028*
Ponwar	8.857 ± 0.804	4.329 ± 0.518	0.696 ± 0.039	0.702 ± 0.031	0.014
Shahabadi	10.619 ± 0.824	4.745 ± 0.532	0.713 ± 0.035	0.735 ± 0.027	0.034*
Purnea	8.905 ± 0.771	4.072 ± 0.402	0.681 ± 0.040	0.706 ± 0.027	0.042*
Mewati	7.762 ± 0.730	3.451 ± 0.425	0.579 ± 0.049	0.634 ± 0.043	0.098*
Gaolao	9.143 ± 0.762	4.176 ± 0.383	0.616 ± 0.034	0.717 ± 0.026	0.146*
Hariana	6.571 ± 0.732	3.374 ± 0.329	0.604 ± 0.052	0.632 ± 0.049	0.042*
Ongole	7.667 ± 1.107	4.223 ± 0.698	0.459 ± 0.068	0.594 ± 0.078	0.221*
Mean ± SE	8.784 ± 0.252	4.082 ± 0.139	0.653 ± 0.014	0.685 ± 0.012	0.048 ± 0.017

Na- Observed number of alleles, Ne-Expected number of alleles, Ho-Observed heterozygosity; He-Expected heterozygosity, F_is- Inbreeding coefficient, *(p <0.05)