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. 2009 Jul 14;8:155. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-155

Table 2.

Microsatellites used in this study.

Microsatellite marker Chromosome GenBank access no. Number of alleles Size range
(base pairs)
Poly α 4 L18785 17 131–189a
TA60 13 AF010556 11 64–94b
ARA2 11 X17484 10 51–81b
Pfg377 12 L04161 4 95–104b
PfPK2 12 X63648 9 160–193b
TA87 6 AF010571 11 78–116b
TA109 6 AF010508 7 157–185a
TA80 10 G38857 4 139–151
ARP2 13 G37793 7 160–184
TA1 6 AF010507 12 154–190b
TA81 5 AF010510 11 109–142a
C1M8 1 G38013 20 150–216

Characteristics of the 12 P. falciparum microsatellite loci with the marker code, chromosome location, GenBank accession number, the number of microsatellite alleles detected per locus and the size range of the amplified alleles in base pairs.

The primer sequences for each pair of PCR primers, and PCR conditions are as already reported [30]. Loci have been previously reported to comply with the IAMa or SMMb models of evolution and this suitable for FST or RST analysis, respectively.