Table 1.

Allele detection per sample by loading volume and MSP2 locus.

Lane loading volume	Mean number of alleles per sample [range]
	3D7	ψ Wilcoxon Z (P value)	FC27	ψ Wilcoxon Z (P value)
13 μl (A)	1.54 [0–4]	-	1.45 [0–6]	-
13 μl (B)	1.54 [0–3]	0.000 (1.000)	1.44 [0–5]	-0.577 (0.564)
20 μl	1.53 [1-4]	-1.890 (0.059)	1.22 [0–3]	-2.801 (0.005)
30 μl	1.49 [0–4]	-2.333 (0.020)	1.12 [0–3]	-3.788 (< 0.001)

ψ Paired differences tested against 13 ul lane A.