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Table 2 Allelic diversity at seven microsatellite loci of Plasmodium falciparum in Honduras and Nicaragua

From: Genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum populations across the Honduras-Nicaragua border

Locus

A* ( Rs**)

Expected heterozygosity (He) (s.d.)

 

HN (n = 77)

NIC (n = 33)

HN

NIC

Mean (s.d.)

Tot. Het.

TA1

4 (3.52)

3 (2.97)

0.34

0.53

0.43 (0.14)

0.44

POLY-A

5 (4.08)

2 (2)

0.26

0.49

0.38 (0.16)

0.37

PFPK2

4 (3.58)

3 (3)

0.56

0.59

0.57 (0.02)

0.59

TA109

2 (2)

2 (2)

0.45

0.39

0.42 (0.05)

0.43

2490

2 (1.83)

1 (1)

0.05

0

0.03 (0.04)

0.04

C2M34

2 (2)

1 (1)

0.25

0

0.12 (0.17)

0.18

C3M69

3 (3)

4 (3.98)

0.54

0.70

0.62 (0.11)

0.65

Mean

3.14 (2.86)

2.29 (2.28)

0.35 (0.18)

0.38 (0.28)

0.37 (0.02)

0.38

s.d.

1.15 (0.91)

1.11 (1.10)

    
  1. *A = Numbers of different alleles within each population.
  2. ** RS = allelic richness.