Wild Trypanosoma cruzi I genetic diversity in Brazil suggests admixture and disturbance in parasite populations from the Atlantic Forest region

Table 1 Population genetic parameters across nine Trypanosoma cruzi I populations sampled from five biomes in Brazil

Population	N	A_r ± SE	D_AS ± SD	% PL H_E^a	% PL Hd^b	F_IS ± SE^c
Ceara	14	1.746 ± 0.121	0.290 ± 0.131	0	0	0.020 ± 0.012
Goais	4	1.734 ± 0.101	0.136 ± 0.067	0	0	-0.526 ± 0.032
PARA _NORTH	28	2.134 ± 0.143	0.445 ± 0.082	0	19.2	0.147 ± 0.008
PARA _SOUTH	5	2.027 ± 0.152	0.416 ± 0.053	0	0	0.250 ± 0.019
Pantanal	13	1.698 ± 0.121	0.219 ± 0.197	26.3	5.2	0.068 ± 0.029
Piaui	6	1.930 ± 0.140	0.357 ± 0.188	0	0	0.080 ± 0.023
Atlantic Forest	27	2.010 ± 0.133	0.369 ± 0.199	33.3	33.3	0.077 ± 0.015
Santa Catarina	3	1.412 ± 0.098	0.057 ± 0.020	0	0	-0.740 ± 0.033
Tocantins	7	1.959 ± 0.133	0.362 ± 0.221	14.2	0	0.180 ± 0.025

N number of isolates in population.
A_r allelic richness as a mean over loci ± standard error, calculated in FSTAT.
D_AS mean pair-wise inverse allele sharing between samples ± standard deviation calculated in MICROSAT.
^aProportion of loci showing significant excess heterozygosity after a sequential Bonferroni correction. Calculated in ARLEQUIN v3.1.
^bProportion of loci showing a significant deficit in heterozygosity after a sequential Bonferroni correction. Calculated in ARLEQUIN v3.1.
^cMean FIS over loci ± standard error, calculated in FSTAT.

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