Table 1.

Genetic diversity and variation statistics for 13 Ethiopian indigenous goat populations (mean ± SD)

Population	Abbreviation	Regions	N	HO	HE	PN	DST	F HOM	F ROH
Abergelle	Abe	Lowland	52	0.369 ± 0.131	0.373 ± 0.119	0.982	0.295 ± 0.008	0.010 ± 0.045	0.023 ± 0.039
Gondar	Gon	Central highland	54	0.376 ± 0.131	0.373 ± 0.118	0.984	0.292 ± 0.011	−0.007 ± 0.019	0.006 ± 0.014
Ambo	Amb	Central highland	71	0.370 ± 0.125	0.375 ± 0.117	0.988	0.296 ± 0.014	0.011 ± 0.050	0.029 ± 0.044
Western Highland/Agew	WeH	Highland	45	0.371 ± 0.134	0.372 ± 0.120	0.988	0.292 ± 0.008	0.001 ± 0.027	0.019 ± 0.022
Western Lowland/Gumez	WeL	Lowland	41	0.370 ± 0.138	0.370 ± 0.122	0.987	0.291 ± 0.019	0.000 ± 0.062	0.021 ± 0.044
Keffa	Kaf	Middle land	36	0.348 ± 0.143	0.361 ± 0.130	0.978	0.289 ± 0.018	0.035 ± 0.105	0.057 ± 0.099
Woyto‐Guji	WoG	Lowland	51	0.375 ± 0.129	0.375 ± 0.117	0.985	0.295 ± 0.009	0.002 ± 0.028	0.011 ± 0.015
Arsi‐Bale	ArB	Highland	46	0.365 ± 0.130	0.374 ± 0.118	0.991	0.297 ± 0.009	0.022 ± 0.056	0.044 ± 0.051
Afar	Afa	Lowland	49	0.382 ± 0.124	0.386 ± 0.110	0.996	0.304 ± 0.009	0.009 ± 0.061	0.028 ± 0.070
Hararghe Highland	HaH	Highland	44	0.379 ± 0.124	0.385 ± 0.109	0.997	0.304 ± 0.015	0.014 ± 0.062	0.043 ± 0.072
Short‐Eared‐Somali	SeS	Lowland	41	0.379 ± 0.127	0.381 ± 0.111	0.995	0.300 ± 0.007	0.006 ± 0.045	0.028 ± 0.051
Long‐Eared‐Somali	LeS	Lowland	47	0.375 ± 0.132	0.374 ± 0.118	0.992	0.294 ± 0.012	−0.002 ± 0.030	0.016 ± 0.024
Nubian	Nub	Lowland	51	0.369 ± 0.115	0.391 ± 0.106	0.994	0.315 ± 0.019	0.054 ± 0.118	0.087 ± 0.116

N, H_O, H_E, P_N and D_ST, F _HOM and F _ROH refer to sample size, observed and expected heterozygosity, proportion of polymorphic SNPs, average pairwise genetic distance, inbreeding coefficients based on excess of homozygosity and runs of homozygosity, respectively.