Table 1.

Characteristics of selected variable number tandem repeat loci

Locus	Repeat length	Copy number	Size range of amplicon (bp) (min–max)	No. of alleles*	Percentage of missing amplicons	Polymorphism index (DI)†
LMV1	6	18·3	366–409	06	1·5 (1/65)	0·72
LMV2	9	20·9	382–573	07	0	0·79
LMV6	15	4·4	214–276	05	0	0·65
LMV7	9	14·6	448–538	06	0	0·58
LMV9	9	7·8	501–530	02	0	0·034

^*Not including the unamplifiable allele at the LMV1 locus.

^†Simpson diversity index (DI) = 1 – ∑(allele frequency)².