Table 3.

Genetic diversity of microsatellite markers in 3 Chinese alligator populations.

Locus	ZJ (n = 32)			AH (n = 32)			USA (n = 10)
	N A	H O	H E	N A	H O	H E	N A	H O	H E
CXA-142	2	0.844*	0.503	2	0.536	0.399	2	0.800	0.505
CXA-41	2	0.688*	0.476	2	0.393	0.431	2	0.111	0.111
CXA-6	2	0.500	0.411	2	0.615	0.507	2	0.700	0.479
CXA-9	3	0.250*	0.405	3	0.654	0.578	2	1.000*	0.526
CXA-34	3	0.500*	0.608	3	0.786*	0.590	3	0.900*	0.679
CXA-43	3	0.531*	0.587	4	0.536	0.543	2	0.700	0.521
Mean	2.5	0.552	0.498	2.667	0.587	0.508	2.167	0.702	0.470
SD	0.548	0.200	0.086	0.816	0.132	0.078	0.408	0.312	0.190

Note: N _A, number of alleles; H _O, observed heterozygosity; H _E, expected heterozytosity; * shows significant deviation from HWE (P < 0.05).