Analysis of conservation priorities of Iberoamerican cattle based on autosomal microsatellite markers

Table 5 Analyses of conservation priorities of geographical breed groups

Group	MEKs	f _m	WLM	WLMM	PC_He	PC_Weitz	¹PC_Fst	PC_5:1
Creole1	0	0	0	0.028	-0.084	6.25	0.220	5.192
Creole2	0	0	0	0.068	0.228	3.23	0.372	2.729
Creole3	0.053	0.066	0.025	0.052	-0.526	16.53	0.293	13.682
Creole4	0.004	0.025	0.018	0.047	-0.121	14.22	0.567	11.825
Creole5	0	0	0	0.044	0.236	3.76	0.405	3.172
Creole6	0.427	0.402	0.546	0.146	0.694	4.43	0.873	3.806
Iberian1	0	0	0	0	-0.090	3.87	0.100	3.209
Iberian2	0	0	0	0.021	-0.002	2.06	0.097	1.716
Iberian3	0.004	0.011	0.033	0.071	-0.264	9.90	0.224	8.203
Iberian4	0.064	0.056	0.049	0.087	0.138	3.61	0.305	3.030
British	0.185	0.180	0.148	0.102	-0.019	5.23	0.233	4.353
Continental Europe	0.019	0.020	0.010	0.076	0.041	3.54	0.209	2.956
Indicine	0.243	0.241	0.171	0.257	-0.231	27.16	1.083	22.586

Contributions of 13 geographical breed groups to the overall genetic diversity of worldwide cattle according to: marker estimated kinships (MEK), average coancestries (f_m), weighted log-linear model (WLM), weighted log-linear mixed model (WLMM), Weitzman formula (PC_Weitz), proportional variation of the expected heterozygosity (PC_He), aggregate diversity (PC_Fst), and the Piyasatian and Kinghorn formula (PC_5:1); values for the five breed groups with the highest contributions are shown in bold; breeds in each group are defined in Table 1;¹aggregate diversity was calculated as: PC_Fst = PC_Weitz*0.048+PC_He*0.952.

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