Table 3.

Comparison of allelic diversity in the northern elephant seal and 5 other phocid species

Species	N	Population size	No. of polymorphic loci	Average no. of alleles per locus
Northern elephant seala	819	∼225 000g	21	3.19
Southern elephant sealb	6	739 498h	17	3.65
Grey sealc	1633	∼430 000i	9	9.80
Harbor seald	259	327 630i	15	5.13
Hawaiian monk seale	2409	1112i	8	3.50
Mediterranean monk sealf	98	∼300f	15	2.32

N: sample size. Genetic data from: ^aThis study; ^bGemmell et al. 1997; ^cKlimova et al. 2014; ^dOlsen et al. 2014; ^eSchultz et al. 2008; ^fPastor et al. 2004. Population size estimates from: ^gLowry et al. 2014; ^hMcMahon et al. 2005; ⁱNOAA, NMFS Stock Assessment Reports 2007.