Population genetic structure and natural selection of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen-1 in Myanmar isolates

Table 4 Pairwise F_ST estimates for PfAMA-1

	Myanmar	Thailand	Philippines	PNG	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	Ghana	Tanzania
Myanmar		20.15798	20.35295	21.58878	20.68805	19.15425	22.14497	20.15798
Thailand	0.06073		20.87018	21.83959	21.16846	19.73726	22.40481	22.72679
Philippines	0.08390	0.03818		22.28146	21.61888	19.81950	23.25483	23.46398
PNG	0.05281	0.03818	0.02319		22.60884	20.97135	23.89528	23.95093
Solomon Islands	0.09605	0.06636	0.03529	0.03529		20.06783	23.83759	23.92600
Vanuatu	0.09740	0.10535	0.06689	0.06689	0.04933		21.13622	21.66300
Ghana	0.07802	0.04140	0.04167	0.03640	0.04953	0.12425		25.74924
Tanzania	0.08139	0.05865	0.05787	0.05787	0.05872	0.14141	0.00019

Fst values are shown in the lower left quadrant and average number of pair-wise nucleotide differences between populations (K) are shown in the upper right quadrant. Fst, a measure of genetic differentiation between populations (range from 0 to + 1)

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