Interpopulation F-statistics for pvmsp-1.

FST values compare the relatedness of a gene among different populations of the same species. Reported values compare the relatedness of pvmsp-1 42 kDa alleles for pairwise comparisons between Cambodia, India, NW Thailand, S Thailand, and Turkey. FST values approaching 0 indicate greater relatedness, while values approaching 1 indicate substantial inter-population variability. Global FST statistic calculated between all pvmsp-1 populations with n>25 indicates that relatively little genetic distance exists between the sampled populations. However, pairwise comparisons demonstrate that some populations exhibit a high degree of genetic similarity (Cambodia and India, for example) while other populations are more dissimilar (S Thailand and Turkey, for example).