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Published in final edited form as: Parasitol Res. 2012 Dec 7;112(3):945–954. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3211-4

Table 1. Plasmodium gallinaceum MAEBL M2 domain is under purifying selection.

Molecular variation: Values of non-synonymous and synonymous substitutions among maebl Plasmodium sequences as compared to maebl of Plasmodium gallinaceum.

P. gallinaceum	P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. knowlesi	P. berghei	P. yoelli	P. chaubadi
Number of Synonymous Sites	169.7	217.2	199.4	160.1	151.3	153.2
Number of non-synonymous sites	1033.3	985.8	1003.6	1042.9	1051.7	1049.8
Synonymous substitution rate (Ks)	4.8209	3.1401	2.9886	4.3808	4.712	4.7267
Non-synonymous substitution rate (Ka)	0.2621	0.2991	0.3057	0.3046	0.3124	0.3039
Ka/Ks Ratio	0.0544	0.0953	0.1023	0.0695	0.0663	0.0643