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Table 3 Measurements of intraspecific genetic variability of three Sarcocystis species from cattle based on cox1 sequence analysis

From: Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method

Sarcocystis species

Country of origin

GenBank

n/h

S

Hd ± SD

π ± SD

S. bovifelis

Argentina

KC209690–KC209696, KT900961–KT900993

40/17

25

0.937 ± 0.018

0.00525 ± 0.00029

Germany

MK962348, KT900994–KT900998

6/5

17

0.933 ± 0.122

0.00635 ± 0.00281

Lithuania

MT796903–MT796925

23/12

19

0.779 ± 0.091

0.00275 ± 0.00064

Overall

 

69/32

45

0.919 ± 0.025

0.00491 ± 0.00043

S. cruzi

Argentina

KC209597–KC209600, KT901078–KT901095

22/13

23

0.931 ± 0.036

0.00687 ± 0.00093

China

MG787071–MG787076

6/6

50

1.000 ± 0.096

0.02667 ± 0.00390

Lithuania

MT796926–MT796945

20/20

33

1.000 ± 0.016

0.00718 ± 0.00054

Overall

 

48/38

76

0.984 ± 0.010

0.01124 ± 0.00170

S. hirsuta

Brazil

KT901042–KT901056

15/5

5

0.810 ± 0.059

0.00256 ± 0.00028

Germany

KT901057–KT901077

21/6

10

0.795 ± 0.051

0.00399 ± 0.00037

Lithuania

MT796946–MT796951

6/5

9

0.933 ± 0.122

0.00308 ± 0.00084

New Zeeland

KT901023–KT901041

19/2

5

0.199 ± 0.112

0.00096 ± 0.00054

Overall

 

61/15

19

0.863 ± 0.028

0.00387 ± 0.00029

  1. n/h, Number of isolates/number of haplotypes; S, number of segregating sites; Hd, haplotype diversity; π, nucleotide diversity; SD standard deviation