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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the genetic diversity of the 25 Russian sheep breeds analyzed

From: Population structure and genetic diversity of 25 Russian sheep breeds based on whole-genome genotyping

Breed

Code

N

HE

AR

Ne 5

Ne 50

Coarse wool breeds

Andean Black

ANDB

16

0.358

1.900

109

594

Buubei

BUUB

17

0.367

1.916

103

629

Edilbai

EDLB

17

0.375

1.926

301

1572

Kalmyk

KALM

18

0.378

1.931

292

1626

Karachaev

KRCH

16

0.381

1.937

282

1678

Karakul

KARA

22

0.373

1.924

543

2171

Kuchugur

KUCH

16

0.353

1.898

65

357

Lezgin

LEZG

15

0.378

1.932

155

1195

Romanov

RMNV

26

0.354

1.890

216

620

Tushin

TUSH

9

0.378

1.931

85

709

Tuva

TUVA

16

0.377

1.929

234

1649

Semi-fine wool breeds

Altai Mountain

ALTM

12

0.387

1.944

175

910

Kuibyshev

KUIB

15

0.390

1.946

272

955

North Caucasian

NCSN

16

0.383

1.936

242

708

Russian longhaired

RULH

16

0.370

1.918

186

487

Tsigai

TZYG

16

0.388

1.946

331

1547

Fine wool breeds

Baikal fine-fleeced

BKFF

7

0.395

1.955

86

685

Dagestan Mountain

DAGM

16

0.384

1.939

318

942

Groznensk

GRZN

13

0.390

1.948

302

1542

Kulundin

KLND

16

0.373

1.920

123

552

Manych Merino

MANM

16

0.385

1.940

249

1031

Salsk

SALS

16

0.382

1.937

229

987

Soviet Merino

SOVM

14

0.387

1.944

302

1401

Stavropol

STAV

14

0.383

1.938

243

1005

Volgograd

VOLG

15

0.379

1.933

269

875

  1. CW coarse wool breeds, SFW semi-fine wool breeds, FW fine wool breeds
  2. HE = unbiased expected heterozygosity, AR = rarified allelic richness, Ne5 and Ne50 = effective population sizes back five and 50 generations, respectively