Table 3.

Mean estimates of expected (He), observed (Ho) heterozygosity, effective numbers of alleles (Ne), polymorphic information content (PIC), and F_IS estimates per breed

Geese breeds	He	Ho	PIC	Ne	FIS
Hort	0.482±0.252	0.345±0.224	0.449±0.24	2.54±1.533	0.287**
Sw	0.69±0.14	0.6±0.1	0.73±0.17	3.66±1.9	0.179**
Gray	0.69±0.17	0.5±0.2	0.64±0.15	2.5±1.45	0.17**
Can	0.51±0.225	0.4±0.272	0.464±0.221	2.609±1.58	0.216**
Land	0.64±0.173	0.414±0.121	0.603±0.172	3.366±1.445	0.358**
Yang	0.61±0.179	0.422±0.153	0.57±0.172	3.042±1.32	0.309**
Shi	0.59±0.178	0.429±.163	0.549±0.175	2.948±1.384	0.286**
Yi	0.63±0.199	0.463±0.145	0.593±0.195	3.39±1.67	0.263**
Leim	0.61±0.173	0.507±0.129	0.557±0.173	3.114±1.781	0.168**
Rom	0.61±0.161	0.437±0.144	0.557±0.156	2.908±1.193	0.286**
Egy B	0.61±0.196	0.463±0.141	0.567±0.196	3.333±2.036	0.249**
Egy G	0.62±0.132	0.5±0.14	0.564±0.145	3±1.408	0.199**
Ca	0.63±0.121	0.65±0.11	0.572±0.138	3.066±1.468	−0.033**
Tai	0.522±0.228	0.394±0.22	0.488±0.221	2.73±1.614	0.248**

Hort, Hortobagy goose; Sw, along with swan; Gray, Graylag goose; Can, Canada goose; Land, Landes goose; Yang, Yangzhou goose; Yi, Yili goose; Leim, Leime goose; Rom, Roman goose; Egy B, Egyptian goose (black variety); Egy G, Egyptian goose (grey variety); Ca, Carlos goose; Tai, Taihu goose.

Mean estimates from jack-knife over loci, standard deviations are given in parentheses;

^**p<0.01.