Genomic Microsatellites as Evolutionary Chronometers: A Test in Wild Cats

Table 3.

Comparing Diversity Measures of Reconstituted Microsatellites in Three Species by Kendall Rank Test

Population No. loci No. new alleles Loci with new alleles
No. %
P. leo persica(Gir) 78  44 14 17.9
A. j. jubatus 78  73 47 60.3
P. c. cougar(NA)* 84 166 70 83.3
Compared population He MV
N τ p-value τ p-value
P. I. persica vs. A. j. jubatus 75 0.139 0.078 0.158 0.044
P. I. persica vs. NA.-P. concolor 74 0.079 0.317 0.113 0.153
NA-P. concolor vs. A. j. jubatus 74 0.129 0.105 0.192 0.015
IDO-P. concolor vs. BCS-P. concolor 84 0.335 6 × 10−6 0.262 4.2 × 10−4

  • ↵ P.c. cougar (NA) is a mix of IDO and BSC combined; MV, microsatellite variance.

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