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Table 5 Difference between non-synonymous divergence per non-synonymous site (K N ) and synonymous divergence per synonymous site (K S )

From: Low genetic diversity in the locus encoding the Plasmodium vivax P41 protein in Colombia’s parasite population

P. vivax/P. cynomolgi

n

s48/45 N-terminal

s48/45 C-terminal

Complete sequences

Worldwide isolates

KN- KS

KN- KS

KN- KS

36

−0.0151 ± 0.0031*

−0.0107 ± 0.0032**

−0.0160 ± 0.0028*

Colombian isolates

   

30

−0.0178 ± 0.0038*

- 0.0126 ± 0.0035**

−0.0174 ± 0.0030*

P. vivax/P. knowlesi

n

s48/45 N-terminal

s48/45 c-terminal

Complete sequences

Worldwide isolates

K N - K S

K N - K S

K N - K S

36

−0.0196 ± 0.0036*

−0.0107 ± 0.0034**

−0.0185 ± 0.0031*

Colombian isolates

   

30

−0.0233 ± 0.0042*

−0.0125 ± 0.0036**

−0.0217 ± 0.0035*

  1. KN - KS difference was estimated using the sequences obtained from the databases together with the Colombian ones (worldwide isolates) and just with those obtained in the Colombian population (Colombian isolates).
  2. n: number of isolates. *p <0.000; **p <0.001.