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. 2013 Sep 19;7(9):e2425. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002425

Table 2. Neutrality test and mutation parameter of Plasmodium vivax housekeeping genes on the Indian subcontinent.

Gene Tajima's D Fu & Li's D dN±SE (10−3) dS±SE (10−3) dN = / = dS Theta (θ) per site Nucleotide substitutions rates in Pv Divergence rates between Pv & Pk
dS dN Ks Ka
ed 1.027 0.491 0.00 2.0±2.0 1.005 0.00064* 0.00 0.002±0.002 0.4334 0.1181
ac −0.421 −0.804 7.0±5.0 0.00 −1.151 0.00173 0.00 0.001±0.001 0.3399 0.0410
acp-in −0.434 1.006 - - - 0.00126 0.00 0.000 0.2907 0.0257
acp-ex −1.36 −1.726 2.0±2.0 0.00 −0.955 0.00166 0.00 0.001±0.001 0.4202 0.1423
l35e −1.543 −2.92 0.00 1.0±1.0 2.074 0.00448 0.004±0.003 0.000 0.3798 0.0134
l34a 0.231 −0.557 0.00 0.000 - 0.0012 0.00 0.0025±0.002 0.2332 0.0068
stpk −1.487 −1.437 0.00 0.000 1.418 0.0007* 0.002±0.002 0.000 0.2575 0.0320
enolase −1.624 −3.617 4.0±3.0 0.000 −1.035 0.00332 0.000 0.000 0.6643 0.5624
RNA pol −1.031 −1.651 0.00 2.5±2.0 0.992 0.00179 0.007±0.005 0.000 0.5496 0.0867
dg −0.501 −0.547 0.00 1.0±1.0 2.061 0.00117 - - 0.6966 0.7130
Mean 0.002076±0.00059 0.004±0.001 0.0016±0.0003 0.3965 0.1142

Boldface values are statistically significant (p<0.05), *excluded in averaging θ, Pv: Plasmodium vivax, Pk: P. knowlesi, dS: synonymous substitution rate, dN: non-synonymous substitution rate, Ks: synonymous divergence rate, Ka: non synonymous divergence rate.