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Table 3 Software cited for parameter analyzing in this study

From: Establishment of a microsatellite set for noninvasive paternity testing in free-ranging Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in Mount Taihangshan area, Jiyuan, China

Parameters

Abbreviation

Software

References

Numeric errors and null alleles

-

Micro-Checker

van Oosterhout et al. 2004

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

HWE

GENEPOP version 3.4

Raymond and Rousset 1995

Logarithm of odds

LOD

Cervus Software

Marshall et al. 1998; Hsu et al. 2010; Li et al. 2010; Luna-González et al. 2012

Observed heterozygotes

H o

Expected heterozygotes

H e

Power of discrimination

PD

Polymorphism information content

PIC

Average non-exclusion probability for one candidate parent

NE-1P

Average non-exclusion probability for one candidate parent given the genotype of a known parent of the opposite sex

NE-2P

Average non-exclusion probability for a candidate parent pair

NE-PP

Estimated null allele frequency

F(null)

Average non-exclusion probability for identity of two unrelated individuals

NE-I

Average non-exclusion probability for identity of two siblings

NE-SI

Power of exclusion

PE

PowerStats V1.2 (Promega Corporation, USA)

Brenner and Morris, 1990; Li et al. 2010; Stevanovic et al. 2010

Combined probability of exclusion

CPE