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Table 3 Pvdbp-II polymorphisms: diversity and natural selection in isolates from AF and BA regions

From: Extensive genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax dbp-II in Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest and Brazilian Amazon Basin: evidence of positive selection

Diversity indexes

Neutrality test

Region

N

S

π (SD)

Nh

Hd (SD)

dN

dS

Z-test

AF

79

26

0.011 (± 0.0007)

38

0.94 (± 0.00024)

0.0129 (± 0.003)

0.0038 (± 0.003)

2.02*

BA

137

20

0.008 (± 0.0002)

61

0.97 (± 0.00004)

0.0104 (± 0.002)

0.0012 (± 0.001)

3.10**

Total

216

28

0.012 (± 0.0002)

95

0.98 (± 0.00001)

0.0142 (± 0.003)

0.0037 (± 0.003)

2.40**

  1. AF Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, BA Brazilian Amazon, N number of sequences, S segregating sites, π nucleotide diversity, Hd Haplotype diversity, SD Standard Deviation
  2. * < 0.01; ** < 0.001