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. 2020 Sep 8;15(9):e0238849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238849

Table 1. Mean number of alleles (MNA), expected (HE) and observed (HO) heterozygosity with standard deviation (SD), inbreeding coefficient (FIS), Hardy-Weinberg test (HW) and the effective population size (Ne) with 95% confidence interval (CI) in the Hungarian chicken populations.

Population MNA±SD HE±SD HO±SD FIS HW Ne (CI)1 Ne (CI)2
HY2002 3.1 ± 1.16 0.50 ± 0.036 0.51 ± 0.017 –0.021 ns 21.6 (16.7–28.9) 12.7 (8.8–17.3)
HY2017 3.2 ± 1.21 0.49 ± 0.035 0.48 ± 0.017 0.024 ns 399.9 (93.0–∞)
HS2002 3.8 ± 1.21 0.55 ± 0.033 0.54 ± 0.017 0.031 ns 27.3 (21.9–34.8) 9.0 (6.5–11.9)
HS2017 3.4 ± 0.95 0.51 ± 0.036 0.50 ± 0.017 0.014 ns 30.1 (23–41.5)
HW2002 3.9 ± 1.44 0.54 ± 0.033 0.51 ± 0.017 0.051 * 15.6 (13.2–18.5) 6.0 (4.3–7.9)
HW2017 3.3 ± 1.42 0.47 ± 0.038 0.43 ± 0.017 0.087 *** 345.6 (93.2–∞)
TNNS2002 3.2 ± 1.18 0.54 ± 0.029 0.53 ± 0.017 0.016 ns 23.4 (18.2–31.3) 4.4 (3.1–5.9)
TNNS2017 3.3 ± 1.42 0.56 ± 0.030 0.51 ± 0.017 0.082 *** 55.5 (36.5–103.0)
TNNW2002 2.9 ± 0.84 0.49 ± 0.032 0.51 ± 0.017 –0.039 ns 20.2 (15.4–27.3) 6.6 (4.5–9.0)
TNNW2017 3.1 ± 0.92 0.47 ± 0.032 0.42 ± 0.017 0.100 *** 52.3 (33.6–102.0)
TNNB2002 2.9 ± 0.96 0.44 ± 0.033 0.44 ± 0.017 0.015 ns 19.8 (15.1–26.6) 4.7 (3.2–6.3)
TNNB2017 3.3 ± 1.11 0.50 ± 0.034 0.45 ± 0.017 0.100 *** 97.1 (53.0–375.5)

HY = Yellow Hungarian, HS = Speckled Hungarian, HW = White Hungarian, TNNS = Speckled Transylvanian Naked Neck, TNNW = White Transylvanian Naked Neck, TNNB = Black Transylvanian Naked Neck.

Numbers in lower index of the populations indicate the year of sampling.

*P<0.05

***P<0.001, ns = non-significant.

1effective population sizes for each stock respectively, using the linkage disequilibrium method.

2effective population sizes for each breed by Jorde/Ryman two-sample (temporal) method.