Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Selected Ethiopian Indigenous Cattle Breeds Using Microsatellite Markers

Table 3

Sixteen microsatellite markers used to estimate genetic diversity parameters in three Ethiopian cattle breeds.

Breeds	N	Na	Ne	PA	I	Ho	He	AR	%
Bonga	24	4.94	3.06	1	1.26	0.011	0.658	3.88	100
Jimma	24	5.063	3.2	1.3	1.26	0.016	0.635	4.06	100
Kerayu	24	5.56	3.4	4.13	1.34	0.044	0.658	5.56	100
Mean		5.18	3.23	2.1	1.29	0.023	0.651	4.5	100

NA; mean number of alleles, and AR (allelic richness). NA; mean number of alleles, and AR (allelic richness). Na: stands for the average number of alleles. PA stands for private alleles and Ne stands for an effective number of alleles. The Shannon information index or I; He stands for expected heterozygosity, while % stands for polymorphic loci proportion.