Table 6: Allelic richness (r), expected (HE) and observed (HO) heterozygosity,FIS values (P values) for a null hypothesis of random union of gametes and their standard errors (SE) for feral sheep populations of New Zealand.

Population / ArapawaIsland I / ArapawaIsland II / ChathamIsland / PittIsland
Locus / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3
KRTAP1-1 / 3.72 / 0.71 / 0.61 / -0.18 / 3.3 / 0.14 / 0.13 / -0.06 / 3.17 / 0.36 / 0.30 / -0.2 / 4.24 / 0.23 / 0.26 / 0.11*
K33 / 5.96 / 0.69 / 0.73 / 0.05 / 4.00 / 0.58 / 0.65 / 0.11** / 5.02 / 0.81 / 0.78 / -0.05 / 5.95 / 0.59 / 0.58 / -0.016
ADRB3 / 2.83 / 0.71 / 0.73 / 0.03 / 1.59 / 0.75 / 0.66 / -0.13 / 1.94 / 0.59 / 0.62 / 0.04 / 1.87 / 0.77 / 0.77 / -0.008
DQA2 / 4.26 / 0.82 / 0.84 / 0.02* / 2.96 / 0.66 / 0.62 / -0.06 / 4.48 / 0.95 / 0.81 / -0.18 / 2.83 / 0.82 / 0.83 / 0.003
Mean / 4.19 / 0.73 / 0.73 / - / 2.96 / 0.53 / 0.52 / - / 3.65 / 0.68 / 0.63 / - / 3.72 / 0.60 / 0.61 / -
Population / CampbellIsland / Woodstock / Hokonui I / Hokonui II
Locus / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3
KRTAP1-1 / 2.90 / 0.06 / 0.30 / 0.79** / 3.41 / 0.36 / 0.47 / 0.24 / 2.54 / 0.36 / 0.31 / -0.18 / 3.05 / 0.20 / 0.21 / 0.03
K33 / 4.71 / 0.59 / 0.61 / 0.04 / 5.49 / 0.63 / 0.76 / 0.17 / 4.41 / 1.00 / 0.77 / -0.33 / 6.12 / 0.85 / 0.78 / -0.09
ADRB3 / 2.06 / 0.53 / 0.51 / -0.37 / 2.38 / 0.80 / 0.66 / -0.21 / 1.97 / 0.55 / 0.44 / -0.26 / 1.79 / 0.69 / 0.61 / -0.13
DQA2 / 3.03 / 0.74 / 0.76 / 0.02 / 4.33 / 0.94 / 0.81 / -0.16** / 3.95 / 0.67 / 0.60 / -0.11 / 4.52 / 0.89 / 0.86 / -0.04
Mean / 3.18 / 0.48 / 0.55 / - / 3.90 / 0.68 / 0.68 / - / 3.22 / 0.65 / 0.53 / - / 3.87 / 0.66 / 0.62 / -
Population / Herbert / Mohaka
Locus / r / HO / HE / FIS3 / r / HO / HE / FIS3
KRTAP1-1 / 2.61 / 0.30 / 0.26 / -0.16 / 3.00 / 0.33 / 0.30 / -0.11
K33 / 5.04 / 0.79 / 0.74 / -0.07 / 1.86 / 0.57 / 0.53 / -0.09
ADRB3 / 1.90 / 0.46 / 0.38 / -0.20 / 2.00 / 0.67 / 0.53 / -0.29
DQA2 / 4.03 / 0.79 / 0.79 / -0.01 / 2.00 / 0.14 / 0.14 / -
Mean / 3.40 / 0.59 / 0.54 / - / 2.22 / 0.43 / 0.38 / -

Significance of FIS is indicated * P< 0.05, ** P< 0.01, bold figure show a tendency towards significance.

“-” represents data not obtainable.