Natural selection and genetic diversity of domain I of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen-1 on Bioko Island

Table 4 Pairwise Fst estimates for DI of PfAMA-1

	Bioko Island	Benin	Gambia	Tanzania	Ghana	Nigeria	Kenya	Thailand	Venezuela	Solomon
Bioko Island		+	+	+	–	–	+	+	+	+
Benin	0.04597		–	+	–	+	+	+	+	+
Gambia	0.01824	0.01760		–	–	–	–	+	+	+
Tanzania	0.01218	0.03052	0.00330		–	–	–	+	+	+
Ghana	0.00548	0.01743	0.00765	− 0.00464		–	–	–	+	+
Nigeria	0.00812	0.05139	0.00582	0.00439	0.01375		–	+	+	+
Kenya	0.00850	0.03536	0.00809	− 0.00623	− 0.00267	0.00317		+	+	+
Thailand	0.03965	0.03866	0.03152	0.03677	0.01610	0.03908	0.03506		+	+
Venezuela	0.18281	0.32747	0.20991	0.23285	0.25141	0.20272	0.20219	0.23502		+
Solomon	0.05101	0.07254	0.03205	0.04926	0.05055	0.04079	0.04068	0.04134	0.18970

Fst values are shown in the lower left quadrant and P values ( +: P < 0.05 ) are shown in the upper right quadrant. Fst, a measure of genetic differentiation between populations (range from 0 to + 1).

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