Research Article

Development of Microsatellite Marker System to Determine the Genetic Diversity of Experimental Chicken, Duck, Goose, and Pigeon Populations

Table 16

Comparison of mean observed allele number, mean effective allele number, mean Shannon’s index, and mean effective heterozygosity among the outbred colonies of pigeons.

ColoniesMean observed number of allelesMean effective number of allelesMean Shannon’s information indexMean effective heterozygosity

Silver king6.1253.2601.3070.647
White king7.3754.2471.4350.651