Table 1.
Genetic diversity within 9 Northern Pony breeds (see Figure S1, clade III) based on 15 short tandem repeats (STR) markers.
| Population (Abbreviation) | N | MNA (SE) | Ae (SE) | HO (SE) | HE (SE) | FIS (SE) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estonian Native Horse (ENH) | 33 | 6.600 (0.423) | 3.983 (0.309) | 0.766 (0.033) | 0.723 (0.025) | −0.059 (0.023) |
| Hucul (HU) | 45 | 6.933 (0.441) | 4.033 (0.418) | 0.732 (0.047) | 0.709 (0.037) | −0.018 (0.031) |
| Konik/Polish Primitive (PO) | 53 | 7.133 (0.446) | 3.820 (0.280) | 0.696 (0.039) | 0.703 (0.038) | 0.006 (0.019) |
| Finn Horse (FH) | 25 | 6.400 (0.567) | 4.160 (0.367) | 0.717 (0.056) | 0.705 (0.053) | −0.019 (0.023) |
| Gotland Pony (GT) | 43 | 5.533 (0.322) | 3.024 (0.216) | 0.650 (0.03) | 0.644 (0.026) | −0.009 (0.024) |
| Icelandic Horse (IC) | 38 | 6.067 (0.384) | 3.526 (0.260) | 0.711 (0.036) | 0.686 (0.032) | −0.037 (0.024) |
| Norwegian Fjord (FJ) | 50 | 5.867 (0.496) | 3.355 (0.232) | 0.694 (0.049) | 0.665 (0.043) | −0.042 (0.019) |
| Shetland Pony (SP) | 66 | 6.933 (0.358) | 3.637 (0.249) | 0.649 (0.037) | 0.703 (0.024) | 0.083 (0.032) |
| Exmoor Pony (EX) | 70 | 5.133 (0.413) | 2.984 (0.221) | 0.619 (0.038) | 0.635 (0.030) | 0.035 (0.026) |
N: sample size; MNA: average number of alleles per loci per population; Ae: average number of effective alleles per locus per population; HO: observed heterozygosity; HE: expected heterozygosity; FIS: inbreeding coefficient; SE: standard error.