Table 3.
Microsatellite diversity for seven P. falciparum neutral microsatellite markers
| Microsatellite marker name | TA1 | Polyα | PfPk2 | TA109 | 2490 | C2M33 | C3M69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromosome | 6 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Allelic size range, bp | 74–190 | 138–180 | 160–192 | 188–200 | 80–84 | 140–228 | 122–138 |
| No. of alleles per locus ( A ) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| PCR positivity* | 60 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 64 | 65 |
| H E | 0.650 | 0.687 | 0.531 | 0.550 | 0.469 | 0.256 | 0.636 |
The microsatellite markers shown are described in the Methods section. bp – base pairs; PCR – Polymerase chain reaction. *PCR positivity indicates the number of samples that were successfully amplified for the indicated loci (out of a total of 68 samples). HE – virtual heterozygosity where H E = [n/(n–1)] × (1-Σp2i), and n is the number of samples. It is defined as the probability that a randomly chosen pair of alleles differ from each other.