Table 3. Common genetic diversity indices as revealed among IC populations in Rwanda.

Populations	N	%PL	NA	PA	Ne	Ho	He	uHe	F	I
Central North	51	100	6.929	6	3.354	0.623	0.644	0.650	0.021	1.322
Central South	55	100	7.286	15	3.359	0.598	0.661	0.668	0.077	1.372
Exotic chicken	12	100	5.143	4	3.386	0.667	0.665	0.669	-0.019	1.305
East	102	100	8.250	21	3.367	0.611	0.654	0.657	0.056	1.358
North West	52	100	6.500	0	3.311	0.613	0.645	0.651	0.042	1.306
South West	53	100	7.964	14	3.620	0.626	0.680	0.686	0.063	1.458
Total	325	100	7.011	60	3.400	0.623	0.658	0.668	0.040	1.353

N, Number of chickens, % PL, Proportion of polymorphic loci, NA, number of alleles; PA, number of private allele; Ne, number of effective alleles He, expected heterozygosity Ho, observed heterozygosity uHe: unbiased expected heterozygosity F, inbreeding coefficient I, Shannon's information index.