Table 2.

Genetic variability estimates for eleven microsatellite loci tested in the European mink datasets I^a and II^b. The variable provided are: number of individuals tested (n), number of total alleles (N_A), the total private allele (P_A) with the corresponding percentage in brackets, allelic diversity (A), observed and expected heterozygosities, H_O and H_E respectively, and mean F_IS (Wright’s statistic)

Sampling sites	n	NA	PA (%)	A	HO	HE	FIS
All individuals tested	313	64	—	5.818	0.430 ± 0.113	0.578 ± 0.148	0.255
Microsatellite dataset I
East (North and South)	151	61	32 (52.46 %)	5.546	0.532 ± 0.150	0.618 ± 0.156	0.141
Northeast	107	59	20 (33.90 %)	5.364	0.559 ± 0.153	0.613 ± 0.164	0.089
Russia	88	57	13 (22.81 %)	5.182	0.569 ± 0.151	0.619 ± 0.159	0.082
Belarus + Estonia	19	42	2 (4.76 %)	3.818	0.503 ± 0.230	0.54 ± 0.207	0.095
Southeast(Romania)	44	35	2 (5.71 %)	3.182	0.464 ± 0.170	0.496 ± 0.139	0.065
West	162	32	3 (9.38 %)	2.909	0.336 ± 0.161	0.439 ± 0.201	0.236
France	73	29	1 (3.45 %)	2.636	0.389 ± 0.182	0.430 ± 0.206	0.095
Spain	89	29	1 (3.45 %)	2.636	0.291 ± 0.184	0.353 ± 0.215	0.178
Microsatellite dataset II
North Dvina	40	54	3 (5.56 %)	4.909	0.563 ± 0.188	0.618 ± 0.181	0.090
West Dvina	28	47	2 (4.26 %)	4.273	0.546 ± 0.187	0.582 ± 0.185	0.064
Volga	39	51	2 (3.92 %)	4.636	0.560 ± 0.147	0.598 ± 0.146	0.065
Charentes	9	25	—	2.273	0.364 ± 0.223	0.409 ± 0.213	0.117
Garonne	44	33	1 (3.03 %)	3	0.373 ± 0.186	0.426 ± 0.205	0.128
Adour	23	26	—	2.364	0.451 ± 0.233	0.432 ± 0.198	−0.045
Cantabrian rivers	16	25	—	2.273	0.317 ± 0.193	0.382 ± 0.252	0.176
Ebro	73	29	—	2.636	0.285 ± 0.185	0.337 ± 0.210	0.155

^aBecause of the low number of samples from Estonia, this locality was analyzed in combination with individuals from Belarus

^bResults for the Danube river correspond to those obtained for the southeastern region