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Table 2 Genetic divergences among different Plasmodium species

From: Timing the origin of human malarias: the lemur puzzle

  

Genetic distance (d ± Std Err.)

Species

n

COXI

COXIII

CYTB

COXI + CYTB

complete mtDNA

P. chabaudi chabaudi

7

0.0011 ± 0.0005

0.0017 ± 0.0009

0.0005 ± 0.0003

0.0009 ± 0.0003

0.0010 ± 0.0003

P. chabaudi adami

2

0.0035 ± 0.0016

0.0051 ± 0.0025

0.0035 ± 0.0017

0.0035 ± 0.0013

0.0030 ± 0.0007

P. ch. chabaudi- P.ch. adami

7 vs. 2

0.0051 ± 0.0017

0.0091 ± 0.0028

0.0056 ± 0.0019

0.0053 ± 0.0013

0.0048 ± 0.0007

Average among rodent malaria

4

0.0248 ± 0.0037

0.0240 ± 0.0051

0.0525 ± 0.0053

0.0397 ± 0.0032

0.0418 ± 0.0018

Plasmodium sp. from Lemur species

5

0.1069 ± 0.0062

0.1468 ± 0.0089

0.0919 ± 0.0073

0.1002 ± 0.0044

0.0883 ± 0.0026

P. falciparum

101

0.0001 ± 0.0001

0.0003 ± 0.0001

0.0005 ± 0.0003

0.0003 ± 0.0001

0.0003 ± 0.0001

Laverania group (without P. gaboni)

4

0.0705 ± 0.0048

0.1172 ± 0.0091

0.0525 ± 0.0046

0.0625 ± 0.0037

0.0505 ± 0.0019

Laverania group (with P. gaboni)

5

0.0709 ± 0.0046

0.1260 ± 0.0097

0.0562 ± 0.0050

0.0647 ± 0.0032

0.0555 ± 0.0025

P. vivax

110

0.0013 ± 0.0005

0.0007 ± 0.0005

0.0003 ± 0.0001

0.0009 ± 0.0003

0.0006 ± 0.0001

P. cynomolgi

12

0.0036 ± 0.0008

0.0033 ± 0.0011

0.0032 ± 0.0009

0.0034 ± 0.0006

0.0026 ± 0.0003

P. inui

14

0.0138 ± 0.0017

0.0179 ± 0.0029

0.0154 ± 0.0022

0.0145 ± 0.0015

0.0126 ± 0.0011

P. knowlesi (all seq together)

59

0.0013 ± 0.0004

0.0016 ± 0.0007

0.0008 ± 0.0004

0.0011 ± 0.0003

0.0009 ± 0.0002

P. knowlesi (from Macaca)

33

0.0012 ± 0.0005

0.0016 ± 0.0007

0.0008 ± 0.0005

0.0010 ± 0.0003

0.0009 ± 0.0002

P. knowlesi (from human)

26

0.0012 ± 0.0005

0.0015 ± 0.0007

0.0009 ± 0.0004

0.0010 ± 0.0003

0.0008 ± 0.0002

P. ovale wallikeri- P. ovale curtisi

2

0.0141 ± 0.0031

0.0283 ± 0.0058

0.0140 ± 0.0035

0.0141 ± 0.0023

0.0152 ± 0.0016

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