Figure 3
a, b MS diversity is a function of parasite endemicity. (a) Schematic illustrating that population diversity increases as a function of increased endemicity, captured by parasite incidence and transmission; (b) for all MS markers combined, the box plots compare the mean number (no) of alleles per locus (y-axis, blue), expected heterozygosity (He) (y-axis, red) and maximum repeat length (y-axis, green) between different API categories (x-axis). Character values (A and B) denote statistical significance between API strata (p <0.0001, ANOVA).