Table 2 Genetic variability estimates for eleven microsatellite loci tested in the European mink datasets I^a and II^b. The variable provided are: number of individuals tested (n), number of total alleles (N_A), the total private allele (P_A) with the corresponding percentage in brackets, allelic diversity (A), observed and expected heterozygosities, H_O and H_E respectively, and mean F_IS (Wright’s statistic)

All individuals tested

313

64

—

5.818

0.430 ± 0.113

0.578 ± 0.148

0.255

Microsatellite dataset I

 East (North and South)

151

61

32 (52.46 %)

5.546

0.532 ± 0.150

0.618 ± 0.156

0.141

  Northeast

107

59

20 (33.90 %)

5.364

0.559 ± 0.153

0.613 ± 0.164

0.089

   Russia

88

57

13 (22.81 %)

5.182

0.569 ± 0.151

0.619 ± 0.159

0.082

   Belarus + Estonia

19

42

2 (4.76 %)

3.818

0.503 ± 0.230

0.54 ± 0.207

0.095

  Southeast(Romania)

44

35

2 (5.71 %)

3.182

0.464 ± 0.170

0.496 ± 0.139

0.065

 West

162

32

3 (9.38 %)

2.909

0.336 ± 0.161

0.439 ± 0.201

0.236

   France

73

29

1 (3.45 %)

2.636

0.389 ± 0.182

0.430 ± 0.206

0.095

   Spain

89

29

1 (3.45 %)

2.636

0.291 ± 0.184

0.353 ± 0.215

0.178

Microsatellite dataset II

 North Dvina

40

54

3 (5.56 %)

4.909

0.563 ± 0.188

0.618 ± 0.181

0.090

 West Dvina

28

47

2 (4.26 %)

4.273

0.546 ± 0.187

0.582 ± 0.185

0.064

 Volga

39

51

2 (3.92 %)

4.636

0.560 ± 0.147

0.598 ± 0.146

0.065

 Charentes

9

25

—

2.273

0.364 ± 0.223

0.409 ± 0.213

0.117

 Garonne

44

33

1 (3.03 %)

3

0.373 ± 0.186

0.426 ± 0.205

0.128

 Adour

23

26

—

2.364

0.451 ± 0.233

0.432 ± 0.198

−0.045

 Cantabrian rivers

16

25

—

2.273

0.317 ± 0.193

0.382 ± 0.252

0.176

 Ebro

73

29

—

2.636

0.285 ± 0.185

0.337 ± 0.210

0.155