Population genetics of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in captive giant pandas of China

Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Results of linkage disequilibrium analysis based on allelic profile data

Population	n	H ± SD	I ^S _A	P_MC	V_D	L	V_D > L
All	36	0.5151 ± 0.1396	0.0903	1.10 × 10⁻⁰²	0.9725	0.7652	Y
All^a	23	0.6107 ± 0.1358	0.0408	2.11 × 10⁻⁰¹	0.8191	0.7297	Y
Population 1	14	0.2637 ± 0.1539	0.0482	1.97 × 10⁻⁰¹	0.5636	0.4925	Y
Population 2	10	0.2833 ± 0.1641	-0.0358	–	0.4364	0.4889	N
Population 3	12	0.6856 ± 0.0908	0.0739	1.76 × 10⁻⁰¹	0.9326	0.7633	Y
Population 1^a	7	0.5833 ± 0.1463	-0.0331	7.75 × 10⁻⁰¹	0.6443	0.7153	N
Population 2^a	6	0.3167 ± 0.1873	-0.0690	–	0.3524	0.4444	N
Population 3^a	12	0.6856 ± 0.0908	0.0739	1.76 × 10⁻⁰¹	0.9326	0.7633	Y

^aConsidering each group of isolates with the same MLG as one individual
Abbreviations: n number of isolates, H mean genetic diversity, SD standard deviation, I ^S _A standardized index of association, P _MC significance for obtaining this value in 1000 simulations using the Monte Carlo method, V _D variance of pair-wise differences, L 95% critical value for V_D, V_D > L indicates linkage disequilibrium, Y, V _D > L N, V_D ≤ L

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