Additional file 1 – Summary of polymorphic measures for microsatellite markers.
For each and over all populations or within each African country's population or commercial line, the following information are given: allele range, 
number of alleles (A), number of private alleles (Ap) and allelic richness (Ar). 
 
Over the 28 populations Number of alleles for each  African country or commercial lines
Locus Allele range A
Benin
(N=113)
Côte d'Ivoire
(N=117)
Ghana
(N=112)
Cameroon
(N=85)
Morocco
(N=45)
Commercial lines
(N=129)
A (Ap) A (Ap) A (Ap) A (Ap) A (Ap) A (Ap)
ADL268 101-121 7 5 5 5 5 5 7 (2)
ADL278 110-124 10 6 9 (2) 7 (1) 7 7 5
ADL112 119-129 6 5 6 5 5 4 6
MCW295 83-103 10 10 (1) 9 9 8 5 7
MCW216 134-149 9 8 7 7 7 5 6
MCW014 162-180 7 4 6 4 6 3 5
MCW098 255-257 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
LEI234 212-371 23 15 20 (2) 17 (1) 15 13 (1) 10 (1)
MCW111 97-111 7 7 (1) 6 6 5 4 3
MCW078 134-142 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
MCW222 216-222 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
MCW183 292-326 11 8 10 11 (1) 7 8 6
LEI094 246-285 16 9 11 (2) 7 11 8 (1) 8 (1)
MCW069 154-174 9 6 9 7 8 6 4
MCW034 214-244 14 11 10 11 11 9 9
MCW037 150-156 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MCW067 172-182 6 5 3 5 6 (1) 3 4
MCW206 218-247 10 7 8 7 7 (1) 5 6
MCW081 109-131 9 7 (1) 7 (1) 7 (1) 5 6 4
MCW248 213-221 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
LEI166 251-261 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
MCW330 254-286 9 6 (1) 5 7 7 5 5
global 188 142 (4) 156 (7) 146 (4) 144 (2) 118 (2) 117 (4)
Ar 5.51 5.96 5.58 5.85 5.32 4.85