Size polymorphism and low sequence diversity in the locus encoding the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 4 (PvRON4) in Colombian isolates

Table 1 pvron4 genetic diversity estimators calculated from single nucleotide polymorphism and sequence length polymorphism

Single nucleotide polymorphism									Sequence length polymorphism
n	Sites	Ss	S	Ps	H	Hd	θ_w	π	Sites	No InDels	H	Hd	π
Colombian and reference isolates
80	2542	8	3	5	11	0.67	7.6 × 10⁻⁴	4.3 × 10⁻⁴	408	21	21	0.82	9.9 × 10⁻⁴
Colombian isolates
73	2464	5	0	5	8	0.65	4.7 × 10⁻⁴	4.1 × 10⁻⁴	289	15	15	0.78	8.0 × 10⁻⁴

Genetic diversity estimators were calculated using the reference sequences obtained from databases together with Colombian isolates as well as for just Colombian isolates’ sequences
n number of isolates analysed, sites total of sites analysed excluding gaps, Ss number of segregating sites, S number of singleton sites, Ps number of informative-parsimonious sites, H number of haplotypes, Hd haplotype diversity, θ _w Watterson estimator, π nucleotide diversity per site

ISSN: 1475-2875