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Table 3 Tests for clonality applied to the three-locus typing datasets

From: Population-based analyses of Giardia duodenalis is consistent with the clonal assemblage structure

Criterion

Human

Livestock

Cat

Dog

Identical genotypes widespread (d)

<10-9

10-6

10-4

10-9

Absence of recombinant genotypes (e)

<10-4

<10-4

<10-4

<10-4

Linkage disequilibrium (f)

0.38*

0.24*

0.38*

0.42*

Index of association (IA)

1.8 ± 0.00

2.0 ± 0.02

2.0 ± 0.04

1.5 ± 0.02

  1. * P value < 10-4. Italic letters in parentheses corresponds to the same tests in [43]. IA-values which are significantly different from zero indicates that recombination has been rare or absent.
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