Genetic diversity and structure in Leishmania infantum populations from southeastern Europe revealed by microsatellite analysis

Table 4 Descriptive statistics by population (POP) and comparison of the F _IS values between the four main populations defined by STRUCTURE analysis

POP	Origin	Total no of MLMT profiles	P	A	H_e	H_o	F_IS
1 (23)	CY	6	0.36	1.36	0.03	0.01	0.72
2 (51)	TR, BG, GR, AL	23	0.64	2.29	0.12	0.02	0.87
3 (26)	TR, HR, FR, ES, PT	22	0.86	2.71	0.28	0.02	0.91
4 (28)	TR, GR, AL, HR	20	0.71	2.86	0.24	0.04	0.82
Mean			0.64	2.30	0.17	0.02	0.86

The data are based on the analysis 128 L. infantum strains by 14 microsatellite markers. The number of strains assigned per population is shown in parenthesis. Origin acronyms indicate the strain geographical source. P, proportion of polymorphic loci; A, number of alleles; H_e, Nei’s unbiased expected heterozygosity; H_o, observed heterozygosity; F_IS, inbreeding coefficient.

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