TABLE 1.

Heterozygosities and inbreeding coefficients for 10 STR loci in 38 cat breeds.

Cat Breed	n	Average He*	Average Ho†	Average No Alelles/Loci	f‡
Abyssinian	29	0.64	0.65	5.5	−0.03
American Curl	9	0.83	0.74	7.0	0.10
American Shorthair	26	0.78	0.77	8.5	0.02
American Wirehair	9	0.77	0.77	6.2	0.00
Balinese	11	0.55	0.52	4.5	0.07
Bengal	13	0.79	0.68	7.6	0.15
Birman	43	0.59	0.52	5.8	0.12
Bombay	21	0.71	0.64	6.0	0.10
British Shorthair	13	0.67	0.61	5.2	0.08
Burmese	50	0.69	0.57	8.3	0.18
Chartreux	21	0.75	0.73	6.8	0.03
Colorpoint Shorthair	13	0.70	0.63	6.1	0.10
Cornish Rex	41	0.72	0.70	7.5	0.03
Devon Rex	57	0.65	0.62	9.0	0.05
Egyptian Mau	21	0.70	0.65	6.4	0.07
Exotic	18	0.77	0.73	7.4	0.05
Havana	49	0.53	0.51	5.5	0.03
Himalayan	19	0.73	0.69	7.6	0.05
Japanese Bobtail	16	0.77	0.71	6.5	0.07
Javanese	13	0.68	0.69	5.3	−0.03
Korat	11	0.53	0.51	4.4	0.04
Maine Coon Cat	43	0.80	0.75	10.8	0.05
Manx	29	0.84	0.79	10.1	0.07
Norwegian Forest Cat	67	0.85	0.82	14.4	0.03
Ocicat	19	0.64	0.56	5.1	0.13
Oriental Shorthair	33	0.72	0.59	8.6	0.19
Persian	51	0.77	0.69	10.3	0.10
Ragdoll	43	0.76	0.72	9.2	0.06
Russian Blue	23	0.70	0.64	7.5	0.08
Scottish Fold	41	0.82	0.78	10.5	0.05
Selkirk Rex	28	0.80	0.83	8.5	−0.03
Siamese	35	0.62	0.56	6.4	0.10
Singapura	14	0.57	0.45	4.0	0.23
Somali	24	0.66	0.54	6.3	0.16
Sphynx	26	0.78	0.71	8.6	0.09
Tonkinese	19	0.69	0.62	6.1	0.10
Turkish Angora	17	0.81	0.83	7.9	−0.04
Turkish Van	28	0.75	0.63	8.5	0.17
Average	27	0.71	0.66	7.4	0.07
Outbred cats	24	0.85	0.72	11.7	0.12

STR, simple tandem repeat.

^*H_e-unbiased gene diversity.

^†H_o-observed heterozygosity.

^‡Inbreeding coefficient.