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Table. 5 Evaluation of the accuracy of the predicted composition ratios from the pooled gDNA and pooled mosquito specimens

From: Prediction of species composition ratios in pooled specimens of the Anopheles Hyrcanus group using quantitative sequencing

Specimen condition Data set Number of data points ra p R2 MAEb Min-max error
Pooled gDNA specimen All 45 0.984 < 0.0001 0.968 3.87 0.10–12.2
COI 21 0.977 < 0.0001 0.955 4.45 0.10–12.2
ITS2 30 0.982 < 0.0001 0.965 4.02 0.12–12.2
An. pullus 15 0.992 < 0.0001 0.984 3.57 0.10–7.34
An. kleini 15 0.991 < 0.0001 0.982 3.28 0.15–10.8
An. sinensis 15 0.983 < 0.0001 0.966 4.76 0.12–12.2
Pooled mosquito specimen All 36 0.985 < 0.0001 0.971 2.90 0.06–13.2
COI 24 0.987 < 0.0001 0.974 3.59 0.19–13.2
ITS2 18 0.984 < 0.0001 0.968 2.21 0.06–12.8
An. pullus 6 0.985 0.0002 0.970 4.36 0.17–10.9
An. kleini 6 0.985 0.0002 0.971 2.83 0.06–12.8
An. sinensis 6 0.990 < 0.0001 0.980 3.15 0.16–12.1
An. belenrae 6 0.997 < 0.0001 0.994 0.66 0.07–1.56
An. lesteric 6 N/A N/A N/A 3.85 1.51–8.13
An. sineroides 6 0.984 0.0002 0.968 1.09 0.19–1.45
  1. aPearson correlation coefficient
  2. bMean absolute error
  3. cStatistical analysis of An. lesteri was not possible since all the actual value was zero
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