Table 3.
The number of unique loci to each population and number of shared loci by the three populations generated by PCR analysis using 7 decamer primers in Atlantic hairtail population (AHP), Gunsan hairtail population (GHP) and Chinese hairtail population (CHP), respectively

Item	No. of unique loci to each population			No. of shared loci by the three populations
Primer \ Population	AHP	GHP	CHP	Three populations (7 individuals per population)
BION - 02	21	0	0	28
BION - 03	7	21	7	28
BION - 04	7	7	7	21
BION - 08	0	7	0	7
BION - 09	21	0	14	42
BION - 13	35	0	0	21
BION - 17	28	0	0	7
Total no.	119	35	28	154
Average no. per primer	17	5	4	8.6