Table 3

Measure of genetic variance among 18 microsatellite loci in clouded leopards.

Species
N
Loci Typed
Expected heterozygosity ± SD
Observed heterozygosity ± SD
Average number of alleles/loci ± SD

Neofelis sp.
11
18
0.743 ± 0.125
0.439 ± 0.223
6.056 ± 1.811
Neofelis nebulosa
4
16
0.651 ± 0.277
0.542 ± 0.292
3.722 ± 1.626
Neofelis diardi
7
16
0.56 ± 0.252
0.378 ± 0.253
3.556 ± 1.383
     N. diardi (Borneo)
4
16
0.488 ± 0.241
0.361 ± 0.291
2.556 ± 0.896
     N. diardi (Sumatra)
3
15
0.493 ± 0.267
0.407 ± 0.343
2.278 ± 0.870

Wilting et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2007 4:15   doi:10.1186/1742-9994-4-15