Table 2 Diversity and neutrality indices for Echinococcus granulosus (s.s.) populations from Pakistan

No. of isolates

32

20

52

32

20

52

32

20

52

No. of mutations

11

9

13

24

12

29

35

21

42

Parsimony informative sites

8

6

8

12

9

15

20

15

23

No. of haplotypes

10

7

12

17

11

23

23

16

34

Haplotype diversity (Hd)

0.865

0.805

0.834

0.933

0.900

0.925

0.968

0.963

0.972

Nucleotide diversity (π)

0.00304

0.00287

0.00293

0.00247

0.00185

0.00223

0.00267

0.00222

0.00248

Tajima’s D

− 0.01118

0.04283

− 0.26602

− 1.17027

− 0.42821

− 1.45764

− 0.83097

–0.23976

− 1.13030

Fu’s Fs

− 1.672

− 0.453

− 2.207

− 6.720*

− 3.927*

− 11.823*

− 10.559*

− 7.575*

− 21.380*