Global evaluation of taxonomic relationships and admixture within the Culex pipiens complex of mosquitoes

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Pairwise unweighted and weighted F_st values [88] for each taxonomic cluster as determined by the ADMIXTURE analysis, using our four-fold degenerate site dataset and samples with 100% cluster assignment (see Additional file 1: Tables S1, S2)

	Australian endemics	quinquefasciatus	pallens	pipiens (NCA)	pipiens (EMD)
Australian endemics	–	0.280	0.250	0.241	0.267
quinquefasciatus	0.470	–	0.182	0.252	0.298
pallens	0.366	0.223	–	0.178	0.191
pipiens (NCA)	0.410	0.399	0.251	–	0.116
pipiens (EMD)	0.355	0.384	0.228	0.136	–

Note: Unweighted values appear above the diagonal and weighted values appear below the diagonal
Abbreviations: NCA, North American Cluster; EMD, Europe and the Mediterranean Cluster

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