TABLE 1.

Genetic diversity estimates in the five ecotypes of Sudanese thin-tailed Desert Sheep and the four breeds of sheep from China analyzed in this study.

Ecotype/Breed	Abb.	N	HO (mean ± SD)	HE (mean ± SD)	Pi-HAT	ROH (Mb) (mean ± SD)	FROH (mean ± SD)	F (mean ± SD)	Origin
Al-Ahamda	AL	19	0.345 ± 0.010	0.347 ± 0.0001	0.092 ± 0.009	1.886 ± 0.634	0.014 ± 0.026	0.006 ± 0.031	Sudan
Buzee	BU	18	0.347 ± 0.008	0.348 ± 0.0001	0.096 ± 0.013	1.735 ± 0.324	0.015 ± 0.013	0.002 ± 0.023
Hammari	HA	23	0.341 ± 0.004	0.343 ± 0.0000	0.081 ± 0.005	1.841 ± 0.526	0.013 ± 0.009	0.005 ± 0.011
Kabashi	KA	17	0.353 ± 0.010	0.357 ± 0.0001	0.112 ± 0.039	1.748 ± 0.718	0.019 ± 0.012	0.011 ± 0.029
Shanbali	SH	15	0.355 ± 0.008	0.353 ± 0.0001	0.110 ± 0.025	1.504 ± 0.227	0.009 ± 0.010	−0.005 ± 0.024
Thin-tail Desert	SDN	92	0.329 ± 0.008	0.332 ± 0.0001	0.056 ± 0.016	1.852 ± 0.335	0.014 ± 0.015	0.009 ± 0.023
Black Tibetan	HZ	15	0.336 ± 0.045	0.332 ± 0.0001	0.253 ± 0.068	1.208 ± 0.125	0.005 ± 0.006	−0.011 ± 0.135	China
Oula	QOL	15	0.346 ± 0.020	0.353 ± 0.0001	0.096 ± 0.031	1.169 ± 0.108	0.001 ± 0.001	0.018 ± 0.020
Zeku	ZK	15	0.348 ± 0.005	0.352 ± 0.0002	0.103 ± 0.049	1.247 ± 0.124	0.001 ± 0.001	0.011 ± 0.016
Tan	TS	18	0.346 ± 0.019	0.360 ± 0.0000	0.083 ± 0.034	1.351 ± 0.203	0.009 ± 0.011	0.039 ± 0.053
Chinese sheep	CHN	63	0.329 ± 0.008	0.346 ± 0.0001	0.097 ± 0.036	1.319 ± 0.176	0.004 ± 0.007	0.089 ± 0.072

N: sample size; H_E: expected heterozygosity; H_O: observed heterozygosity; Pi-HAT: average relatedness; F: inbreeding coefficient; SD: standard deviation; Values in bold represent the average values for each statistic in across each sheep group from Sudan and China.