Table 3. Expected and observed heterozygosity (H_E and H_O respectively), effective number of alleles (a_e), HW deviation significance, and PIC of eleven microsatellite markers used in Charolais cattle.

Locus¹

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Subpopulation 1

n² = 1/79

H_E

0.804

0.485

0.761

0.800

0.741

0.911

0.631

0.555

0.870

0.665

0.671

H_O

0.520

0.000

0.592

0.780

0.755

0.680

0.388

0.560

0.469

0.688

0.532

HW³

***

***

**

NS

NS

NS

***

NS

***

**

NS

a_e

4.901

1.922

4.046

4.812

3.757

10.163

2.660

2.218

7.224

2.927

2.976

PIC

0.769

0.426

0.712

0.760

0.712

0.893

0.546

0.453

0.849

0.605

0.627

Subpopulation 2

n = 8/45

H_E

0.834

0.651

0.807

0.774

0.757

0.885

0.663

0.769

0.891

0.880

0.843

H_O

0.410

0.235

0.605

0.514

0.636

0.714

0.436

0.816

0.649

0.167

0.344

HW

***

***

***

**

NS

**

**

NS

***

***

***

a_e

5.675

2.792

4.920

4.224

3.924

7.851

2.891

4.150

8.246

7.557

5.884

PIC

0.803

0.578

0.768

0.732

0.719

0.860

0.590

0.728

0.867

0.854

0.809

Subpopulation 3

n = 17/63

H_E

0.781

0.404

0.846

0.783

0.755

0.880

0.577

0.788

0.877

0.834

0.813

H_O

0.253

0.093

0.636

0.6

0.732

0.493

0.44

0.663

0.558

0.257

0.467

HW

***

***

***

***

NS

***

***

***

***

***

***

a_e

4.467

1.670

6.253

4.498

3.992

7.909

2.344

4.611

7.616

5.713

5.197

PIC

0.744

0.356

0.820

0.743

0.727

0.863

0.483

0.748

0.856

0.804

0.784

Population

n = 26/187

H_E

0.802

0.700

0.820

0.827

0.751

0.901

0.420

0.667

0.549

0.369

0.461

H_O

0.369

0.096

0.616

0.636

0.719

0.608

0.420

0.667

0.549

0.369

0.461

HW

**

**

**

**

NS

**

**

**

**

**

**

a_e

4.981

3.310

5.476

5.702

3.977

9.843

2.896

3.932

9.922

7.522

4.700

PIC

0.773

0.665

0.793

0.803

0.751

0.901

0.657

0.748

0.891

0.854

0.762