Table 1 An overview of the of the genotyping results for 147 Finnish mountain hares (Lepus timidus) and 173 Finnish brown hares (Lepus europaeus) showing the number of genotype gene copies, alleles per locus, observed as well as expected heterozygosity frequency (Hz) and the statistical significance for the deviation from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium (HWE).

From: Hybridization with mountain hares increases the functional allelic repertoire in brown hares

Lepus timidus

DQA

DQB

UCP1

TLR2

SDHa

mtDNA

GW SNPs

Successful genotypes

138

140

121

138

141

147

17

Gene copies

276

280

242

276

282

147

6833 × 17

Alleles per locus

9

13

7

2

2

2

2

Hz obs

0.88

0.73

0.33

0

0.04

NA

0.15

Hz exp

0.85

0.78

0.41

0.04

0.09

NA

0.14

HWE p-value

NS

NS

 < 0.001

NS

NS

NA

NS

Frequency of conspecific alleles

NA#

NA#

0.92

0.98

0.95

0.93

0.89§

Lepus europaeus

DQA

DQB

UCP1

TLR2

SDHa

mtDNA

GW SNPs

Successful genotypes

142

137

170

141

170

173

19

Gene copies

326

326

340

282

340

173

6833 × 19

Alleles per locus

10

14

7

2

2

2

2

Hz obs

0.68

0.61

0.50

0.08

0.24

NA

0.14 (mean)

Hz exp

0.75

0.67

0.70

0.48

0.42

NA

0.15 (mean)

H-W p-value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

NA

NS (mean)

Frequency of conspecific alleles

NA#

NA#

0.56***

0.60**

0.72

0.77

0.85§

  1. NS = not significant and NA = not applicable. For example, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is haplotypic and therefore no Hz can be computed. Χ2 test against mtDNA introgression alone: ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. #No species-specific alleles could be assigned. §Expressed as proportion of membership of pre-defined population (brown hare or mountain hare) in STRUCTURE analysis86 (See45). GW genome wide.
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