Results showed that the number of alleles for the 10 microsatellite loci, heterozygosity and PIC (polymorphism information content) in the Dorset population were 8?16, 0.8370?0.9252, and 0.8221?0.9167, respectively.

• Dorset群体中；等位基因个数为8~16个；杂合度为0.；8370~0