Table 1 Sampling information of different cattle populations and their observed heterozygosity (Ho).

From: Species composition and environmental adaptation of indigenous Chinese cattle

Population

Abbr.

Geographical Region

N

Ho1

Source2

Yanbian

YB

Northern China

26

0.291

1

Mongolian_XilinGol

MG

Northern China

31

0.319

1

Mongolian_HulunBuir

NM

Northern China

24

0.317

1

Kazakh

KA

Northwestern China

21

0.327

1

Linzhi

LZ

Tibet Autonomous Region of China (TAR), China

19

0.285

1

Lhasa

LS

Tibet Autonomous Region of China (TAR)

14

0.305

1

Qinchuan

QC

Central China

32

0.297

1,2

Jinnan

JN

Central China

14

0.299

1

Nanyang

NY

Central China

23

0.252

1

Luxi

LX

Central China

16

0.258

1,2

Wannan

WN

Southeastern China

31

0.199

1

Wenling

WL

Southeastern China

31

0.177

1

Hainan

HN

Southeastern China

8

0.145

1,2

Liping

LP

Southwestern China

5

0.179

1

Enshi

ES

Southwestern China

31

0.237

1

Guanling

GL

Southwestern China

4

0.232

1

Honghe

HH

Southwestern China

12

0.248

1

Dengchuan

DC

Southwestern China

31

0.243

1

Banna

BN

Far southwestern China

14

0.186

1

Dehong

DH

Far southwestern China

16

0.161

1

Bangladesh Zebu

BD

Bangladesh

16

0.169

1

Gayal (Bos frontalis)

GAY

Bangladesh

21

n.a.

1

Yak (Bos grunniens)

YAK

Tibet Autonomous Region of China (TAR)

12

n.a.

1

Simmental

SIM

Germany

20

0.297

1

Hanwoo

HAN

Korea

8

0.288

2

Mongolian

MGL

Mongolia

5

0.301

2

Wagyu

WAG

Japan

12

0.248

2

Aceh

ACE

Indonesia

12

0.149

2

Pesisir

PES

Indonesia

6

0.142

2

Brebes

BRE

Indonesia

9

0.158

2

Madura

MAD

Indonesia

7

0.150

2

Sahiwal

SAHW

Pakistan

17

0.159

2

Gir

GIR

India

20

0.157

2

Bali cattle (Bos javanicus)

BAL

Indonesia

20

n.a.

2

Gaur (Bos gaurus)

GAUR

India

10

n.a.

7

Shorthorn

SH

England

20

0.257

2

Holstein

HOL

Netherlands

20

0.314

3

Brown Swiss

BSW

Switzerland

20

0.281

6

Limousin

LMS

France

20

0.309

6

Central Thailand

THC

Thailand

5

0.165

4

Northeast Thailand

THNE

Thailand

8

0.157

4

North Thailand

THR

Thailand

10

0.166

4

South Thailand

THS

Thailand

5

0.142

4

Kalmyk

KAL

Kalmyk, Russian

20

0.319

5

Yakut

YKT

Siberian, Russian

20

0.256

5

Total

  

756

  
  1. 1Ho was not analyzed for divergent bovine species (gayal, gaur, Bali, and yak) because the estimator is only informative for cattle.
  2. 2Source of data. 1) this study; 2) Decker et al.25; 3) Gautier et al.80; 4) Wangkunmhang et al. (2015); 5) Decker et al.81; 6) Matukumalli et al.67; 7) Decker et al.69.