Table 2 Notable P. vivax genes with their associated positive selection statistics
From: Genome-wide scans for the identification of Plasmodium vivax genes under positive selection
Gene and product description | |iHS| | XP-EHH | \(\hat{\pi }\) |
|---|---|---|---|
Mosquito transmission | |||
 PVX_095475, circumsporozoite and TRAP-related (CTRP) | 4.9995 |  | 0.0053 |
 PVX_118360, TRAP-like protein (TREP) | 6.1642 |  | 0.0011 |
Red blood cell invasion | |||
 PVX_099980, merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) | 6.1512 |  | 0.0185 |
 PVX_099975, merozoite surface protein 1 paralog (MSP1P) | 5.9582 | 1.9937 | 0.0036 |
 PVX_092975, merozoite adhesive erythrocytic binding (MAEBL) | 6.1795 |  | 0.0024 |
 PVX_097575, tryptophan-rich antigen | 6.9579 |  | 0.0082 |
 PVX_092275, apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) | 5.1501 |  | 0.0056 |
 PVX_117880, rhoptry neck protein 2 (RON2) | 6.4102 |  | 0.0027 |
 PVX_003845, serine-repeat antigen 4 (SERA4) | 6.7713 |  | 0.2834 |
 PVX_121920, reticulocyte binding protein 2a (RBP2a) | 4.7869 | 1.9589 | 0.0004 |
 PVX_081270, reticulocyte binding protein 2b (RBP2b) | 6.3732 |  | 0.0036 |
 PVX_090325, reticulocyte binding protein 2c (RBP2c) | 5.7962 |  | 0.0353 |
Drug resistance | |||
 PVX_087980, chloroquine resistance transporter (CRT) | 4.9064 |  | 0.0024 |
 PVX_118062, chloroquine resistance marker protein | 7.2833 | 1.8212 | 0.0119 |
 PVX_118100, multidrug resistance protein 2 (MDR2) | 5.3704 | 1.8858 | 0.0093 |