Table 1 Genetic markers of population differentiation between the isolates from the Bijagós Archipelago and isolates from countries in the other African regions, with FST > 0.85. SNPs with FST > 0.9 have been highlighted in bold.

From: Population dynamics and drug resistance mutations in Plasmodium falciparum on the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau

Chr

Position

Gene

FST value

% Alternate allele – Bijagós population

% Alternate allele – Population 2

Population 2

10

331,746

PF3D7_1008100: PHD finger protein PHD1

0.892

50.0

0.5

West Africa

12

1,265,899

PF3D7_1230800: pre-mRNA-splicing regulator WTAP, putative

0.864

40.0

0

West Africa

6

697,009

PF3D7_0616800

malate:quinone oxidoreductase

0.854

0

91.0

East Africa

6

1,110,905

PF3D7_0627700

transportin

0.855

50

0

East Africa

6

1,115,439

PF3D7_0627800

acetyl-CoA synthetase

0.888

64.3

0.6

East Africa

7

732,862

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit I, putative

0.922

83.3

0.6

East Africa

9

1,178,903

high molecular weight rhoptry protein 2

0.873

92.9

5.2

East Africa

9

1,402,365

PF3D7_0935500

Plasmodium exported protein, unknown function

0.869

73.3

1.6

East Africa

10

331,746

PF3D7_1008100: PHD finger protein PHD1

0.853

50.0

0.7

East Africa

10

658,448

serine/threonine protein kinase, FIKK family

0.865

81.8

3.9

East Africa

11

1,376,369

PF3D7_1135100: protein phosphatase PPM8, putative

0.870

13.3

94.2

East Africa

14

421,792

rhoptry-associated protein 1

0.914

21.4

98.7

East Africa

6

1,115,439

PF3D7_0627800

acetyl-CoA synthetase

0.887

64.3

0.6

Southeast Africa

7

732,862

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit I, putative

0.893

83.3

1.7

Southeast Africa

10

331,746

PF3D7_1008100: PHD finger protein PHD1

0.899

50.0

0

Southeast Africa

12

1,265,899

PF3D7_1230800: pre-mRNA-splicing regulator WTAP, putative

0.886

40.0

0

Southeast Africa

12

1,265,899

PF3D7_1230800: pre-mRNA-splicing regulator WTAP, putative

0.882

12.5

0

South Central Africa

2

318,919 and 319,674

PF3D7_0207900

serine repeat antigen 2

0.929

0

94.4

Horn of Africa

2

367,271

6-cysteine protein P230p

0.934

0

94.7

Horn of Africa

3

204,230

PF3D7_0304100

inner membrane complex protein 1e, putative

0.865

0

89.5

Horn of Africa

3

729,186

PF3D7_0317700: CPSF (cleavage and polyadenylation specific factor), subunit A, putative

0.859

0

87.5

Horn of Africa

4

138,554 and 138,623

reticulocyte binding protein homologue 1

0.942

0

95.8

Horn of Africa

5

608,869

PF3D7_0514600: ribose-5-phosphate isomerase, putative

0.888

0

91.3

Horn of Africa

5

1,042,252

PF3D7_0525100 acyl-CoA synthetase

0.865

78.6

0

Horn of Africa

7

732,865

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit I, putative

0.882

100

8.7

Horn of Africa

7

894,384

PF3D7_0720700: phosphoinositide-binding protein PX1

0.923

100

3.7

Horn of Africa

8

585,854

PF3D7_0811600: conserved protein, unknown function

0.895

0

92.6

Horn of Africa

8

1,031,401

histone acetyltransferase GCN5

0.948

92.9

0

Horn of Africa

8

1,056,829

conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.948

100

3.7

Horn of Africa

8

1,239,302

PF3D7_0828800: GPI-anchored micronemal antigen

0.879

0

88.9

Horn of Africa

8

1,345,148

Plasmodium exported protein, unknown function

1.000

100

0

Horn of Africa

9

138,846

PF3D7_0801900: lysine-specific histone demethylase, putative

0.877

0

88.5

Horn of Africa

9

778,075

PF3D7_0918900: gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase

0.870

0

90.5

Horn of Africa

9

1,178,903 and 1,179,069

high molecular weight rhoptry protein 2

0.970

92.9

0

Horn of Africa

9

1,316,936

PF3D7_0933100: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.925

0

92.3

Horn of Africa

9

1,406,576

PF3D7_0935600: gametocytogenesis-implicated protein

0.916

100

4.3

Horn of Africa

9

1,407,002

PF3D7_0935600: gametocytogenesis-implicated protein

0.884

0

90.5

Horn of Africa

9

1,437,289 and 1,438,135

PF3D7_0936300: ring-exported protein 3

0.884

92.3

3.8

Horn of Africa

10

658,448

serine/threonine protein kinase, FIKK family

0.908

81.8

0

Horn of Africa

11

354,078

PF3D7_1108000: IWS1-like protein, putative

0.890

0

91.3

Horn of Africa

11

812,065

PF3D7_1121400: WD repeat-containing protein, putative

0.894

0

92.0

Horn of Africa

11

1,050,233

PF3D7_1126800: alternative splicing factor SR-MG, putative

0.862

0

87.0

Horn of Africa

11

1,376,369

PF3D7_1135100: protein phosphatase PPM8, putative

0.894

13.3

100

Horn of Africa

11

1,507,877

guanylyl cyclase alpha

0.925

0

92.3

Horn of Africa

12

666,002

perforin-like protein 2

0.943

0

95.7

Horn of Africa

12

1,998,804

PF3D7_1248700: conserved protein, unknown function

0.876

0

88.5

Horn of Africa

13

2,107,756

PF3D7_1352700: intron-binding protein aquarius, putative

0.851

0

88.9

Horn of Africa

14

812,013

PF3D7_1419400: conserved Plasmodium membrane protein, unknown function

0.878

0

90.5

Horn of Africa

14

1,227,066

PF3D7_1431200: OST-HTH associated domain protein, putative

0.875

6.7

95.2

Horn of Africa

14

1,989,372

PF3D7_1448500: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.888

7.7

96.3

Horn of Africa

14

2,004,493

PF3D7_1449000: gamete egress and sporozoite traversal protein, putative

0.899

13.3

100

Horn of Africa

14

2,340,921

PF3D7_1457100: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.876

0

88.5

Horn of Africa

14

2,343,679

PF3D7_1457200: thioredoxin 1

0.879

0

88.9

Horn of Africa

14

2,357,358

PF3D7_1457400: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.897

0

92.6

Horn of Africa

14

2,364,543

PF3D7_1457600: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.869

0

92.6

Horn of Africa

14

2,364,847

PF3D7_1457600: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.854

0

88.9

Horn of Africa

14

2,367,254

PF3D7_1457700: large ribosomal subunit nuclear export factor, putative

0.851

0

88.5

Horn of Africa

14

2,469,318

PF3D7_1460500: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.894

0

91.7

Horn of Africa

14

2,535,998

PF3D7_1462400: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

0.899

0

92.6

Horn of Africa

14

2,845,773

PF3D7_1469400: nucleoside transporter 3, putative

0.859

0

87.5

Horn of Africa

  1. Only SNPs where all calls in the Bijagós population were either reference, alternate, or mixed, were included.
  2. Sample sizes: Bijagós Archipelago N = 15, West Africa N = 233, East Africa N = 155, Southeast Africa N = 172, South Central Africa N = 150, Horn of Africa N = 27.