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. 2017 Mar 14;18:25. doi: 10.1186/s12863-017-0492-8

Table 3.

Effective population size (N_e) for composite breeds and N_e for their ancestor breeds reported in the literature

Composite breed (N_e)	Ancestor breeds	N_e
Lamb Supreme (380)	Poll-Dorset	318^a
	Wiltshire	100^a
	Romney	405^a
	Dorset	134^a
	Coopworth	98^b
	Texel	282^a
Primera (974)	Suffolk	569^a
	Poll-Dorset	318^a
	Dorper	264^a
	Hampshire	-
	Dorset	134^a
Dual-Purpose (125)	Texel	282^a
	Lamb Supreme	380^c
	Romney	405^a
	Perendale	109^b
	Finn	795^a
	Coopworth	98^b
	Poll-Dorset	318^a
	East Friesian	186^a

^aKijas et al. [23]; ^bVincent Prieur, AgroParisTech and AgResearch, Master dissertation; ^ccurrent study