Percent Polymorphic Loci and Percent Average Heterozygosity for Different Nuclear Gene Families in Free-Living Populations of Cheetahs, Lions, and Pumas
| Cheetahs | Lions | Pumas | Dom. Cat | ||||||||
| Ajr | Ajj | GIR | NGC | SER | BCS | IDO | DOM | ||||
| % Polymorphism | Allozyme | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 4.9 | 4.9–10.0 | 21.3 | ||
| MHC-RFLP | 5.5 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 17.0 | — | — | 24.9 | |||
| Microsatellite | 84.1 | 80.5 | 19.3 | 83.0 | 84.1 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 98.9 | |||
| % Heterozygosity | Allozyme | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.0–4.0 | 8.2 | ||
| MHC-RFLP | 6.7 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 21.8 | — | — | 28.9 | |||
| Minisatellite | 43.3 | 43.6 | 2.9 | 43.5 | 48.1 | 10.3 | 46.9 | 44.9 | |||
| Microsatellite | 46.7 | 47.5 | 7.9 | 40.4 | 47.4 | 14.7 | 34.8 | 68.1 | |||
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Abbreviations: GIR, Gir Forest lions; NGC, Ngorongoro Crater lions; SER, Serengeti Park lions; ETO, Etosha Park lions; KAL, Kalahari-Gemsbok Park lions; KRU, Kruger Park lions; BCS, Big Cypress Swamp pumas; IDO, Idaho pumas; SA, South American pumas; EA, East African cheetahs; CNM, captive Namibian cheetahs; WNM, wild Namibian cheetahs; Ajr, Acinonyx jubatus raineyi; Ajj, A. j. jubutus; DOM, domestic cats.
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↵All cheetahs, Gir forest lions (GIR), and Florida panthers (Big Cypress Swamp BCS) have shown reduced molecular genetic diversity as a consequence of historic demographic reduction and inbreeding (O'Brien 1994).
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↵ O'Brien 1984; O'Brien et al. 1985; O'Brien et al. 1987a;b;c; Wildt et al. 1987; Roelke 1993.
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↵ Yuhki and O'Brien 1990.
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↵This study.
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↵ Gilbert et al. 1991; Menotti-Raymond and O'Brien 1993;Roelke et al. 1993.
