Table S1. Summary statistics for microsatellites used for pedigree creation and adoption detection. E1 = allelic dropout rate, E2 =
false allele rate, NA = number of alleles, HO = observed heterozygosity, HE = expected heterozygosity, Pex = probability of
exclusion for a single unknown parent, PID = probability of identity for unrelated individuals. For details on how each of these
numbers was calculated, consult the main manuscript.
Locus
CXX20
CXX110
CXX173
G1A
G10B
G1D
G10L
G10C
G10M
G10P
G10X
UarMU05
UarMU10
UarMU23
UarMU26
UarMU50
UarMU51
UarMU59
G10H
G10J
G10U
MSUT-1
MSUT-2
MSUT-6
MSUT-8
Reference
Ostrander et al. (1993)
Ostrander et al. (1993)
Ostrander et al. (1993)
Paetkau and Strobeck (1994)
Paetkau and Strobeck (1994)
Paetkau and Strobeck (1994)
Paetkau and Strobeck (1994)
Paetkau et al. (1995)
Paetkau et al. (1995)
Paetkau et al. (1995)
Paetkau et al. (1995)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Taberlet et al. (1997)
Paetkau et al. (1998)
Paetkau et al. (1998)
Paetkau et al. (1998)
Kitahara et al. (2000)
Kitahara et al. (2000)
Kitahara et al. (2000)
Kitahara et al. (2000)
E1
0
0
0.009
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.010
0
0
0
0.039
0
0
0
0
E2
0.012
0
0.007
0
0
0
0
0
0.013
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
NA
9
10
6
8
7
6
6
8
9
9
9
10
7
3
9
9
8
10
10
4
7
8
9
3
6
HO
0.787
0.590
0.694
0.531
0.601
0.626
0.432
0.674
0.789
0.743
0.746
0.785
0.638
0.112
0.837
0.788
0.798
0.847
0.766
0.639
0.569
0.749
0.765
0.520
0.767
HE
0.795
0.600
0.691
0.540
0.607
0.634
0.427
0.681
0.797
0.749
0.728
0.771
0.643
0.112
0.840
0.781
0.801
0.831
0.767
0.628
0.574
0.738
0.775
0.524
0.771
Pex
0.427
0.223
0.276
0.158
0.217
0.222
0.096
0.270
0.433
0.363
0.326
0.403
0.236
0.006
0.510
0.393
0.435
0.496
0.383
0.201
0.186
0.326
0.395
0.137
0.377
PID
0.070
0.180
0.141
0.252
0.184
0.182
0.356
0.146
0.068
0.093
0.114
0.077
0.176
0.791
0.045
0.082
0.067
0.050
0.086
0.209
0.215
0.113
0.082
0.298
0.088
Table S2. Summary statistics for the final pedigree, including genetic parentage assignments and maternal relationships
derived from field data. All statistics were calculated using the R package PEDANTICS 1.5 (Morrissey & Wilson 2010).
Records
Maternities
Paternities
Full sibships
Maternal sibships
Maternal half-sibships
Paternal sibships
Paternal half-sibships
Maternal grandmothers
Maternal grandfathers
Paternal grandmothers
Paternal grandfathers
Maximum pedigree depth
Founders
Mean maternal sibship size
Mean paternal sibship size
Non-zero F
F > 0.125
Mean pairwise relatedness
Pairwise relatedness ≥ 0.125
Pairwise relatedness ≥ 0.25
Pairwise relatedness ≥ 0.5
4449
2957
1861
551
6403
5852
3009
2458
1401
739
487
329
5
1381
3.66
2.81
3
0
7.90×10–4
2.94×10–3
1.72×10–3
5.43×10–4
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