Genetic variability parameters of the strain populations under study.

N, number of strains; P, proportion of polymorphic loci; MNA, mean number of alleles; He, expected heterozygosity; Ho, observed heterozygosity; FIS, inbreeding coefficient; CY, Cyprus; GR, Greece; PT, Portugal; SP, Spain; TR, Turkey.*When all 76 strains are analyzed 8 populations are identified by STRUCTURE (Fig. 2A). Here the genetic variability parameters of four of these populations are shown;aThe two L. infantum non MON-1 populations are analyzed together;**At a subsequent STRUCTURE analysis the TR/CY non MON-1 group splits into two subpopulations (TR non MON-1 and CY non MON-1, Fig. 2B), which are analyzed here;bThe respective values when the hybrid EP59 strain is included in the respective population are given in parenthesis.