Table 1 Population metrics of 10 cattle breeds including effective population sizes (N _e ), genetic variance, allelic richness, and inbreeding measures (±sd)

97 ± 31

0.23 ± 0.15

0.312 ± 0.17

0.309^†

1.81 ± 0.28^a

0.0003 ± 0.006

0.003

0.97

0.080

11 ± 2

0.22 ± 0.16

0.303 ± 0.19

0.292***

1.77 ± 0.34

0.0003 ± 0.005

−0.013

0.99

0.150

7 ± 2

0.21 ± 0.16

0.306 ± 0.20

0.287***

1.76 ± 0.35

0.0002 ± 0.004

−0.039

0.97

0.162

227 ± 67

0.24 ± 0.15

0.326 ± 0.16

0.324

1.84 ± 0.25

0.0004 ± 0.006

0.009

0.98

0.037

14 ± 4

0.24 ± 0.15

0.329 ± 0.19

0.318***

1.81 ± 0.32^a

0.0027 ± 0.040

−0.010

1.29

0.368

15 ± 15

0.20 ± 0.17

0.291 ± 0.25

0.262***

1.73 ± 0.44

0.0004 ± 0.009

−0.018

1.26

0.459

77 ± 45

0.24 ± 0.15

0.332 ± 0.20

0.318***

1.83 ± 0.30^b

0.0006 ± 0.011

−0.003

1.16

0.226

26 ± 7

0.24 ± 0.15

0.334 ± 0.20

0.321***

1.83 ± 0.31^b

0.0034 ± 0.041

−0.005

1.34

0.404

56 ± 16

0.25 ± 0.15

0.341 ± 0.18

0.337*

1.86 ± 0.25

0.0020 ± 0.029

0.015

1.25

0.258

16 ± 5

0.14 ± 0.14

0.208 ± 0.19

0.203*

1.61 ± 0.39

0.0061 ± 0.065

0.005

1.49

0.897