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Published in final edited form as: Mol Ecol. 2025 Mar 14;34(7):e17713. doi: 10.1111/mec.17713

Table 2.

Group variable selection results by linear models with backward elimination

Variable group	Metric from genetic data	Independent variable	Estimate	T value	P value	Adjusted R²
PfPR	Expected heterozygosity	PfPR in 2000	0.19	1.9	0.094 ^
	Expected heterozygosity	Overall			0.094 ^	0.18
	Proportion polyclonal	PfPR in 2014	0.77	1.8	0.10
	Proportion polyclonal	Overall			0.10	0.17
Bioclimatic	Expected heterozygosity	Mean diurnal range (BOI2)	−0.017	−2.8	0.022*
		Precip. of driest quarter (BIO17)	0.00067	1.9	0.089 ^
		Overall			0.055 ^	0.36
	Proportion polyclonal	Precip. of wettest quarter (BIO16)	0.00087	5.0	0.00071***
		Precip. of driest quarter (BIO17)	0.0024	4.8	0.00098***
		Overall			6.4×10⁵***	0.86