Table 3 The intraspecific variability of S. halieti within 350–351 bp long ITS1 fragment.

From: First report of Sarcocystis halieti in Asia: the genetic confirmation in muscles of the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) from Iran

Samples

n

h

S

K

Hd ± SD

π ± SD

Overall

156

11

18

2.27734

0.549 ± 0.036

0.00651 ± 0.00051

Europe

150

9

16

2.13647

0.516 ± 0.037

0.00610 ± 0.00051

Eurasia

151

9

16

2.14834

0.519 ± 0.036

0.00614 ± 0.00050

Brazil

5

2

1

0.40000

0.400 ± 0.237

0.00114 ± 0.00068

IH

73

6

11

2.07192

0.457 ± 0.068

0.00592 ± 0.00095

DH

83

9

16

2.29474

0.585 ± 0.034

0.00656 ± 0.00045

IH Accipitridae

4

3

8

4.50000

0.833 ± 0.222

0.01286 ± 0.00381

IH Laridae

62

5

11

1.32522

0.268 ± 0.073

0.00379 ± 0.00107

DH Accipitridae

35

9

16

2.56134

0.593 ± 0.092

0.00732 ± 0.00130

DH Corvidae

48

2

4

1.24468

0.311 ± 0.071

0.00356 ± 0.00081

  1. IH intermediate host, DH definitive host, n the number of sequences, h the number of haplotypes, S the number of polymorphic sites, K the average number of nucleotide differences, Hd the haplotype diversity, π the nucleotide diversity, SD the standard deviation.