Population genetics of Leishmania (Leishmania) major DNA isolated from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Pakistan based on multilocus microsatellite typing

Table 3 F st values (upper triangle) and corresponding P -values (lower triangle) for the populations and sub-populations of L. (L.) major as assumed by STRUCTURE

F st-values	Pakistan A	Pakistan B	Central Asia/Iran 3	Africa 1	Africa 2	Middle East 1	Middle East 2	Iran 1	Iran 2
Pakistan POP-A	0	0.3351	0.7336	0.5924	0.6491	0.7483	0.6174	0.7174	0.6354
Pakistan POP-B	0.0001	0	0.6863	0.5326	0.5674	0.7013	0.5508	0.6056	0.5120
Central Asia	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.7066	0.6667	0.7094	0.7646	0.7861	0.7356
Africa 1	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.2626	0.5974	0.4807	0.4995	0.5301
Africa 2	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.6336	0.5774	0.4630	0.5214
Middle East 1	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.62226	0.7819	0.7571
Middle East 2	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.6704	0.6561
Iran 1	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0	0.6592
Iran 2	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0

F st-value: 0–0.05 (little genetic differentiation), 0.05-0.15 (moderate genetic differentiation), 0.15-0.25 (great genetic differentiation), above 0.25 (very great genetic differentiation).

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