Table 2 Nucleotide diversity and polymorphisms in M1 and M1-like parasites.

From: Zoonotic origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium malariae from African apes

Statistica

M1 (P. malariae)b

M1-likeb

π

0.00026

0.01043

π0

0.00024

0.00761

π4

0.00040

0.02241

π0/π4

0.594

0.340

NS

1981

13,073

S

1031

10,594

NS/S

1.921

1.234

Neutrality index

1.551

0.996

  1. aπ, mean pairwise nucleotide diversity; π0, mean pairwise diversity at zerofold degenerate sites; π4, mean pairwise diversity at fourfold degenerate sites; NS, number of nonsynonymous polymorphisms; S, number of synonymous polymorphisms.
  2. bDivergence between M1 and M1-like is 0.00963 substitutions/site.
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