Genetic variation in the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity estimates, and neutrality test results of nine established populations of I. scapularis

Population	N	S	h	π	Neutrality tests		Chakraborty’s test
					Tajima’s	Fu’s	No of haplotypes:
					D	Fs	Exp.	Obs.
Pembina Valley Provincial Park, MB	46	12	0.7807	0.00292	−1.7018^*	−7.3735^***	8.5	12
Stanley Trail, MB	44	7	0.6945	0.00217	−1.0354	−3.7782^*	6.2	8
Itasca State Park, MN	56	10	0.5994	0.00191	−1.7473^*	−8.2716^***	5.0	11^**
Camp Ripley, MN	56	15	0.6461	0.00240	−2.0751^**	−11.5757^***	5.7	14^***
St. Croix State Park, MN	56	13	0.6656	0.00213	−1.9112^**	−12.7498^***	6.0	14^***
Point Pelee National Park, ON	46	6	0.6019	0.00206	−1.2915	−2.7386	4.8	7
Long Point Provincial Park, ON	108	13	0.7856	0.00318	−1.2840	−5.5321	11.0	13
Trustom Pond, RI	50	7	0.7273	0.00316	−0.0610	−1.1404	7.2	7
Hazard Island, RI	50	8	0.7731	0.00357	−0.0852	−3.4150	8.5	10

Abbreviations: N = sample size, S = no. of polymorphic sites, h = haplotype diversity and π = nucleotide diversity. Significance levels: *P <0.05, **P <0.01 and ***P <0.001. For the state and province abbreviations, see Table 1.

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