Table 1 Inter- and intra-specific distances of candidate DNA markers of ticks

Average inter-specific distance

0.174 ± 0.052

0.144 ± 0.059

0.417 ± 0.367

0.147 ± 0.049

Theta prime

0.185 ± 0.044

0.179 ± 0.050

0.359 ± 0.335

0.141 ± 0.055

Minimum inter-specific distance

0.178 ± 0.047

0.170 ± 0.051

0.351 ± 0.326

0.132 ± 0.055

Average intra-specific distance

0.014 ± 0.027

0.020 ± 0.033

0.003 ± 0.006

0.018 ± 0.026

Theta

0.017 ± 0.024

0.018 ± 0.027

0.012 ± 0.023

0.022 ± 0.030

Coalescent depth

0.038 ± 0.054

0.037 ± 0.047

0.021 ± 0.028

0.034 ± 0.030