Geographical genetic structure of Schistosoma japonicum revealed by analysis of mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite markers

Table 2 Pairwise genetic differentiation ( F _ST ) among populations based on 10 microsatellite loci

	AHGC	AHTN	HBSH	HNCD	HNYY	JXDC	SCXC	YNEY	CTW
AHGC
AHTN	0.03
HBSH	0.04	0.03
HNCD	0.03	0.03	0.05
HNYY	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02
JXDC	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.01
SCXC	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.03
YNEY	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.05
CTW	0.21	0.23	0.25	0.24	0.22	0.23	0.25	0.25
IN	0.22	0.23	0.25	0.23	0.22	0.22	0.24	0.25	0.51

Abbreviations: AHGC: Guichi Country, Anhui Province; AHTL: Tongling Country, Anhui Province; HBSH: Shashi City, Hubei Province; HNCD: Changde City, Hunan Province; HNYY: Yueyang City Hunan Province; JXDC: Duchang Country, Jiangxi Province; SCXC: Xichang City, Sichuan Province; YNEY: Dali City, Eryuan Country, Yunnan Province; CTW: Chinese Taiwan; IN: Indonesia JP: Japan. All values are significant below the level of 0.05 (based on 10⁴ permutations).

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