Table 3.

Effective population sizes (Ne) for three Chinese indigenous chicken populations

Chromosome number	BEC			BYC			LSC
	2007	2010	2015	2007	2010	2015	2010	2012	2015
Chr1	108.2	78.3	56.3	55.7	101.7	63.8	86.9	68.4	102.3
Chr2	96.4	66.6	51.4	55.5	91.0	60.6	63.5	56.8	78.9
Chr3	75.6	69.1	44.4	52.6	80.9	58.7	74.7	50.7	78.6
Chr4	70.8	53.7	28.1	34.8	51.7	57.5	63.6	56.6	63.9
Chr5	56.6	43.3	27.6	32.9	49.9	35.8	62.7	44.3	45.0
Chr6	36.9	27.9	25.9	22.3	36.0	25.6	52.1	31.9	28.3
Chr7	35.0	30.1	19.3	21.9	41.3	35.7	31.1	27.2	42.2
Chr8	30.7	37.1	22.5	16.8	30.5	20.9	34.6	32.8	32.9
Chr9	37.4	28.9	13.3	23.8	28.2	22.2	27.5	21.3	28.2
Chr10	21.4	21.7	9.1	15.1	20.9	17.2	25.4	25.0	20.9
Chr11	25.6	21.1	17.9	17.4	24.1	16.6	20.7	22.2	21.9
Chr12	39.9	29.3	23.2	19.0	30.5	24.9	31.6	30.4	25.4
Chr13	19.5	19.7	16.6	16.5	23.1	14.8	22.1	23.5	21.7
Chr14	26.0	21.7	16.6	14.8	23.5	20.8	25.5	26.2	19.6
Chr15	25.3	24.2	15.2	11.4	12.5	8.7	21.5	29.6	23.7
Chr16	3.3	5.5	3.0	2.4	3.1	2.6	2.9	4.1	2.6
Chr17	29.7	18.7	12.6	15.1	22.6	14.8	21.8	21.3	22.4
Chr18	19.2	19.8	13.3	15.6	17.7	17.4	20.5	15.5	15.7
Chr19	33.3	25.7	13.1	15.9	20.4	18.4	26.2	18.7	19.0
Chr20	24.7	24.6	15.9	8.8	16.3	14.0	26.2	22.8	18.1
Chr21	27.9	24.1	11.1	14.5	16.6	13.0	18.4	18.0	25.6
Chr22	10.5	9.7	6.9	7.5	11.5	9.0	16.4	17.2	15.9
Chr23	28.3	18.1	14.3	16.2	22.7	17.4	22.3	22.0	21.9
Chr24	20.5	16.6	11.2	14.2	19.6	16.1	19.2	23.2	17.5
Chr25	13.2	10.0	9.2	5.8	8.7	8.9	18.1	14.7	14.5
Chr26	18.8	15.6	12.7	9.4	18.5	12.2	24.5	14.9	16.5
Chr27	21.7	22.1	17.0	15.1	19.6	9.8	18.6	21.3	20.0
Chr28	19.3	14.8	13.4	12.0	20.1	15.0	22.7	16.0	17.4
Average (Chr1–5)	81.52	62.2	41.56	46.3	75.04	55.28	70.28	55.36	73.74
Average (Chr6–10)	32.28	29.14	18.02	19.98	31.38	24.32	34.14	27.64	30.5
Average (Chr11–28)	22.59	18.96	13.51	12.87	18.39	14.13	21.07	20.09	18.86
Average (all)	34.85	28.50	19.33	20.11	30.83	23.30	32.19	27.74	30.74