Table 2: Characterization of the 16 STR loci used for genotyping Montagu’s harriers.
NA: number of alleles per locus; Hobs: observed heterozygosity; Hexp: Expected heterozygosity; PIC: Polymorphism information content; origin of STR loci: see Janowski et al. (2014); [56] [63]; [64].


Locus Allele Range (bp) NA Hobs Hexp PIC
MS_Cpyg01 305–321 9 0.8 0.8 0.7
MS_Cpyg04 220–300 16 0.9 0.8 0.8
MS_Cpyg05 127–202 14 0.9 0.9 0.9
MS_Cpyg06 376–446 14 0.8 0.9 0.9
MS_Cpyg07 310–354 12 0.7 0.7 0.7
MS_Cpyg16 147–153 4 0.5 0.5 0.4
MS_Cpyg23 287–303 8 0.7 0.7 0.6
MS_Cpyg25 162–184 12 0.8 0.8 0.8
MS_Cpyg26 239–255 8 0.6 0.6 0.6
MS_Cpyg29 350–395 10 0.8 0.8 0.8
MS_Cpyg30 282–322 11 0.9 0.9 0.9
MS_Cpyg31 147–175 8 0.6 0.6 0.6
MS_Cpyg33 137–152 6 0.5 0.5 0.5
MS_Cpyg42 314–346 8 0.5 0.6 0.5
Age51 158–185 10 0.8 0.8 0.7
Hvo-022 148–160 7 0.3 0.3 0.2