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Table 1 Observed size range, genetic diversity statistics and genotyping profile characteristics for 39 microsatellite loci tested on 8 captive Bengal tigers

From: Panel of polymorphic heterologous microsatellite loci to genotype critically endangered Bengal tiger: a pilot study

Locus ID

Chr. Asn.

Size range (bp)

N

Na

Ne

Ho

HE

PIC

FIS

PID(locus)

PIDSibs (locus)

Main allele peak (height)

Height ratio (1)

Height ratio (2)

Height ratio (3)

Height ratio (4)

6HDZ0071

NI

170

8

1

1.000

0.000

0.000

0

-

1.00E + 00

1.00E + 00

2000

1:20

1:03

0

0

6HDZ0561†

NI

172-176

8

3

2.415

0.750

0.586

0.52

−0.217

2.38E-01

5.16E-01

2700

1:03

1:03

1:1.6

1:1.4

6HDZ0641

NI

166-170

8

2

1.753

0.625

0.430

0.337

−0.4

4.18E-01

6.40E-01

800

1:2.6

1:08

1:6

1:1.6

6HDZ0891

NI

207-221

8

3

1.910

0.625

0.477

0.427

−0.25

3.23E-01

5.93E-01

500

1:05

1:12

1:1

1:02

6HDZ1701†

NI

216-226

8

3

2.723

0.875*

0.633

0.556

−0.324

2.12E-01

4.87E-01

6200

1:7.5

1:6.2

1:6.2

1.24

6HDZ3171

NI

192-206

8

2

1.882

0.750

0.469

0.359

−0.555

3.92E-01

6.14E-01

10000

1:05

1:2.5

1:5.2

1:02

6HDZ7001

NI

141-143

8

2

1.600

0.500

0.375

0.305

−0.272

4.61E-01

6.78E-01

800

1:2.6

1:04

1:1.6

1.1

6HDZ8171

NI

238-242

8

2

1.969

0.625

0.492

0.371

−0.206

3.79E-01

5.99E-01

1000

1:05

1:10

1:2.5

1:1.4

Fca0082

A1

130-134

8

3

2.032

0.625

0.508

0.428

−0.166

3.22E-01

5.77E-01

2300

1:03

1:1.1

1:1.8

1:1.5

Fca1262

B1

124-150

8

4

1.969

0.625

0.492

0.458

−0.206

2.92E-01

5.77E-01

4600

1:2.3

1:18

0

1:1.5

Fca2722

A3

112-122

8

3

1.684

0.500

0.406

0.371

−0.166

3.88E-01

6.44E-01

950

1:2.4

1:5.2

0

1:1.2

Fca3042†

A2

125-141

8

3

2.462

0.750

0.594

0.511

−0.2

2.48E-01

5.15E-01

5800

1:2

1:6.4

1:7.8

1:1.2

Fca5062†

F2

206-220

8

3

2.844

0.625

0.648

0.575

0.102

1.97E-01

4.75E-01

6800

1:3.4

1:4.5

1:34

1:2.2

Fca6282†

D2/E3

106-110

8

3

2.723

0.500

0.633

0.556

0.272

2.12E-01

4.87E-01

1900

1:19

1:12.6

1:9.5

1:1.5

Ple233†

NI

152-168

8

4

2.844

0.750

0.648

0.592

−0.09

1.80E-01

4.71E-01

8000

1:04

0.097

1:16

1:1.4

Ple513

NI

172-176

8

2

1.600

0.500

0.375

0.305

−0.272

4.61E-01

6.78E-01

3800

1:2.7

1:09.5

1:7.6

1:1.3

Ple553

NI

148

8

1

1.000

0.000

0.000

0

-

1.00E + 00

1.00E + 00

8200

1:4.7

1:02.5

1:82

0

Ple573†

NI

141-155

8

5

2.977

0.750

0.664

0.618

−0.063

1.59E-01

4.58E-01

6200

1:6.2

1:10

1:25

1:1.6

PUN824†

NI

100-122

8

7

4.923

0.750

0.797

0.77

0.125

6.85E-02

3.69E-01

1690

1:2.6

1:15.6

1:5.6

1:1

PUN1004†

NI

78-100

8

6

3.765

0.625

0.734

0.702

0.2135

1.03E-01

4.09E-01

1030

1:4

1:17.1

0

1:1.9

PUN1244†

NI

88-106

8

6

4.129

0.750

0.758

0.723

0.0769

9.31E-02

3.94E-01

1140

1:3

1:09.5

1:2.1

1:1.9

PUN1324†

NI

117-121

8

3

2.977

1.000

0.664

0.59

−0.4545

1.87E-01

4.65E-01

2900

1:3.7

1:06.6

1:1.4

1:1.4

PUN2254

NI

178-184

8

3

1.471

0.375

0.320

0.294

−0.1053

4.88E-01

7.12E-01

1450

1:3.4

1:07.8

1:1.8

1:1.5

PUN2294

NI

106-120

8

3

2.169

0.625

0.539

0.447

−0.0938

3.05E-01

5.57E-01

1520

1:3.3

1:10.8

1:3.5

1:1.87

PUN3274

NI

84-90

8

2

1.882

0.250

0.469

0.359

0.5172

3.92E-01

6.14E-01

6345

1:3

1:15.9

1:5.2

1:1.5

Mean (based only on polymorphic di-nucleotide loci, n = 23)

   

3.347

2.465

0.641

0.552

0.485

−0.118

       

F412†

D2

170-188

8

4

2.977

0.625

0.664

0.616

0.125

1.61E-01

4.58E-01

5500

1:5

1:2.8

0

1:1.3

F422

A1

207-231

8

3

1.662

0.500

0.398

0.354

−0.191

4.06E-01

6.52E-01

7000

1:23

1:14

0

1:1.5

F532

A1

128-152

8

4

2.169

0.750

0.539

0.483

−0.333

2.68E-01

5.48E-01

4000

1:16

1:08

0

1.4

F852†

B1

156-176

8

3

2.612

0.375*

0.617

0.544

0.447

2.20E-01

4.96E-01

1000

1:11

1:05

0

1:01

F1242†

E1

258-286

8

4

3.368

0.625

0.703

0.644

0.176

1.48E-01

4.35E-01

9000

1:22.5

1:18

1:09

1:1.1

Fca3912

B3

216-224

8

2

1.438

0.375

0.305

0.258

−0.166

5.30E-01

7.30E-01

3200

1:5.3

1:32

1:4.5

1:02

Fca441†

D3

148-160

8

4

2.723

0.750

0.633

0.57

−0.12

1.97E-01

4.83E-01

5500

1:11

1:27.5

1:18

1:1.3

Fca4532

A1

198

8

1

1.000

0.000

0.000

0

-

1.00E + 00

1.00E + 00

9000

1:9

1:09

0

0

Fca7232

A1

295-315

8

2

2.000

1.000*

0.500

0.375

−1

3.75E-01

5.94E-01

3000

1:15

1:06

1:7.5

1:1.5

Fca7312

B1

278

8

1

1.000

0.000

0.000

0

-

1.00E + 00

1.00E + 00

8200

1:41

1:08.2

1:27

0

Fca7332

B2

119-123

8

2

1.753

0.375

0.430

0.337

0.192

4.18E-01

6.40E-01

1300

1:8.6

1:04.3

1:2.8

1:01

Fca7402

C1

290-302

8

4

1.969

0.625

0.492

0.458

−0.206

2.92E-01

5.77E-01

7800

1:2.6

1:09.7

0

1:1.1

Fca7422†

D4

152-176

8

4

2.844

0.500

0.648

0.592

0.291

1.80E-01

4.71E-01

7100

1:7.1

1:04.7

1:7.1

1:14

Fca7492

F2

103

8

1

1.000

0.000

0.000

0

-

1.00E + 00

1.00E + 00

4400

1:14.6

1:04.4

1:22

0

Mean (based on only polymorphic tetra-nucleotide loci, n = 11)

   

3.272

2.319

0.590

0.539

0.475

−0.071

       

Mean (based only on overall polymorphic loci, n = 34)

   

3.323

2.418

0.625

0.548

0.482

−0.103

       

Mean (based only on suggested panel of polymorphic loci, n = 16)

   

4.062

3.081

0.687

0.664

0.604

0.022

       
  1. †Locus recommended for panel of 16 microsatellite loci.
  2. Chr. Asn., chromosomal assignment of locus in species of origin; NI, no information; T, tetranucleotide repeat; D, dinucleotide repeat; bp, base pairs; Na, number of alleles; Ne, number of effective alleles; HO, observed heterozygosity; HE, PIC, polymorphic information content; expected heterozygosity; PID (locus), probability of identity between unrelated individuals; PID Sibs (locus), probability of identity between siblings; Height ratio 1, first stutter peak/main allele peak; Height ratio 2, minus A peak/main allele peak; Height ratio 3, plus A peak/main allele peak; Height ratio 4, heterozygote allele peak/main allele peak; PIC, polymorphic information content; FIS, inbreeding coefficients.1Williamson et al. (2002); 2Menotti-Raymond et al. (19992005); 3Singh et al. (2002); 4Janecka et al. (2008); *significance of Hardy-Weinberg test (*P < 0.05).