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Table 2 Characteristics of genetic variability among 445 Sarcoptes scabiei for each host-derived mite populations

From: Molecular epidemiology of a fatal sarcoptic mange epidemic in endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica)

Mite host

No. of mites

R

No. of polymorphic loci

Ho

He

Bakersfield kit fox (n = 22)

192

1.29

3

0.082

0.117

Taft kit fox (n = 5)

23

1.19

2

0.076

0.083

Bakersfield red fox (n = 4)

67

1.28

3

0.071

0.119

Fresno red fox (n = 1)

20

1.28

4

0.100

0.114

Bakersfield dog (n = 2)

6

2.08

8

0.017

0.368

Bakersfield coyote (n = 5)

103

2.78

10

0.245

0.520

Ft. Irwin coyote (n = 1)

15

1.79

7

0.288

0.273

Ventura coyote (n = 1)

19

1.13

2

0.023

0.032

  1. Abbreviations: n, no. of hosts sampled; R, allelic richness; Ho, observed heterozygosity; He, expected heterozygosity