Table 4.

Genetic diversity indices of 25 microsatellite markers in 11 populations of sheep in India (See Fig. 1 for the location of each population).

Region	Sheep breed	Total alleles	Na	Ne	I	Ho	He	uHe	F	Ar
NT	Rampur Bushair	228	9.12	4.49	1.66	0.66	0.74	0.74	0.11*	7.21
	Poonchi	214	8.56	4.54	1.69	0.77	0.76	0.77	− 0.01	7.35
	Changthangi	219	8.76	4.52	1.64	0.68	0.72	0.72	0.06*	7.28
ET	Bonpala	149	5.96	2.99	1.24	0.64	0.63	0.64	− 0.02	4.84
	Tibetan	149	5.96	3.92	1.42	0.52	0.68	0.70	0.23*	5.82
	Shahbadi	223	8.92	4.72	1.68	0.65	0.74	0.75	0.13*	7.23
	Balangir	205	8.2	4.22	1.55	0.65	0.71	0.72	0.09*	6.55
SP	Kenguri	228	9.12	4.46	1.61	0.67	0.72	0.72	0.07*	6.99
	Bandur	218	8.72	3.75	1.49	0.61	0.68	0.69	0.11*	6.58
	Hassan	217	8.68	4.23	1.59	0.68	0.71	0.72	0.04*	6.88
	Bellary	224	8.96	4.49	1.64	0.65	0.73	0.74	0.10*	7.07
	Mean	206.73	8.27	4.21	1.56	0.65	0.71	0.72	0.08*	9.31
	SE	8.42	0.19	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.53

Na = Number of alleles; Ne = Number of effective alleles; I = Shannon’s information index; Ho = Observed heterozygosity; He = Expected heterozygosity; uHe = Unbiased expected heterozygosity; F = Heterozygote deficiency (inbreeding coefficient); Ar = Allelic richness. *P < 0.05.