Table 1.
Number of house mice trapped on Orkney islands and included in the different analyses, genetic diversity measures based on the D-loop and 19 microsatellite loci datasets and island size.
| Area (km2) | NDloop | NH | h ± SD | π ± SD | Nmic | A (range) | Ho | He | Nmor | Nmm | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney (all islands) | 990 | 146 | 17 | 0.8913 ± 0.0091 | 0.004191 ± 0.002360 | 279 | 10.32 (5–18) | 0.39 | 0.68 | 303 | 268 |
| Mainland | 523.25 | 84 | 10 (5) | 0.8371 ± 0.0180 | 0.003505 ± 0.002040 | 184 | 7.89 (3–18) | 0.43 | 0.61 | 179 | 174 |
| South Ronaldsay | 49.8 | 11 | 3 (1) | 0.6364 ± 0.0895 | 0.001451 ± 0.001112 | 25 | 4.16 (1–7) | 0.47 | 0.54 | 27 | 25 |
| Burray | 9.03 | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.16 (1–2) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eday | 27.45 | 12 | 3 (1) | 0.4394 ± 0.1581 | 0.002675 ± 0.001765 | 17 | 2.89 (1–8) | 0.34 | 0.4 | 37 | 16 |
| Faray | 1.8 | 6 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.21 (1–2) | 0.23 | 0.21 | 12 | 12 |
| North Ronaldsay | 6.9 | 2 | 2 (1) | 1.0000 ± 0.5000 | 0.009101 ± 0.009653 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Papa Westray | 9.18 | 16 | 2 (2) | 0.5250 ± 0.0546 | 0.000598 ± 0.000590 | 24 | 3 (1–6) | 0.32 | 0.36 | 24 | 24 |
| Sanday | 50.43 | 7 | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.21 (1–5) | 0.42 | 0.48 | 14 | 7 |
| Westray | 47.13 | 7 | 3 (0) | 0.6667 ± 0.1598 | 0.003041 ± 0.002104 | 9 | 4.26 (1–7) | 0.37 | 0.61 | 9 | 9 |
NDloop number of D-loop sequenced, k mean number of paiwise difference, NH number of haplotype, private haplotypes are indicated within brackets, h haplotype diversity, π nucleotide diversity, Nmic number of mice scored at 19 microsatellites, A mean number of alleles per locus with the range of allele number in brackets, (Ho) observed and (He) expected heterozygosities, Nmor morphometrics, Nmm match microsatellites + morphometrics.