Table 6. Distribution of 10 microsatellite loci of P. falciparum isolates in Kalabakan and Kota Marudu.

Sites	Number of samples (N)	Locus	Allele size range (bp)	No. of Alleles	Expected heterozygosity (He)
Kalabakan	14	POLYa	129–176	2	0.44
	18	TA81	113–128	2	0.47
	18	TA42	189	1	0.00
	17	TA1	166	1	0.00
	19	PfPK2	65–71	2	0.49
	19	ARA2	65–71	2	0.49
	18	PFG377	96	1	0.00
	19	TA87	101–104	2	0.46
	18	2490	82–85	2	0.47
	17	TA60	82–85	2	0.49
		Mean ± SE		1.70 ± 0.15	0.33 ± 0.07
Kota Marudu	24	POLYa	145–176	4	0.43
	24	TA81	113–128	5	0.38
	24	TA42	186–245	3	0.16
	24	TA1	163–169	3	0.45
	24	PfPK2	65–80	5	0.38
	24	ARA2	65–80	5	0.38
	24	PFG377	96	1	0.00
	24	TA87	101–110	4	0.44
	24	2490	82–85	2	0.16
	24	TA60	76–98	4	0.24
		Mean ± SE		3.60 ± 0.43	0.30 ± 0.05