Table 4. Polymorphism Information Content (PIC) for the seven identified SNPs in Chinese Merino sheep (Junken Type) population.

Strain	SNP1	SNP2	SNP3	SNP4	SNP5	SNP6	SNP7
A	0.0382	0.1751	0.0263	0.0733	0.0390	0.0733	0.3501
B	0.1435	0.2915	0.1291	0.1860	0.1491	0.0097	0.3386
PM	0.2047	0.3188	0.1392	0.1491	0.1891	0.0434	0.3398
PW	0.0923	0.1837	0.0813	0.3216	0.0929	0.2653	0.3744
SF	0.0869	0.2983	0.0742	0.3562	0.0826	0.0270	0.3704
U	0.0787	0.3047	0.0787	0.2150	0.0767	0.0000	0.3627
Species level	0.1108	0.2469	0.0866	0.2588	0.1072	0.0949	0.3682
Population level	0.1074	0.2620	0.0881	0.2169	0.1049	0.0698	0.3560

Polymorphism information content = PIC. PIC < 0.25 means low diversity; 0.25 < PIC < 0.5 means moderate diversity; PIC > 0.5 means high diversity.