Table 2.

Summary of diversity found in Theileria parva antigen-encoding gene segments in populations of African buffalo from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the Kruger National Park.

Sampling location	Gene	Polymorphism in nucleotide sequence (polymorphic sites/all sites)a	Total No. of distinct nucleotide sequences	Nucleotide diversity (π)a	Polymorphism in amino acid sequence (polymorphic sites/all sites)	Total No. of predicted distinct protein sequence
Overall	Tp1	35/344 + ind	72	0.01447	20/118	66
	Tp2	168/243	72	0.22897	68/72	62
	Tp4	112/383	76	0.06415	2/40b	3
	Tp5	29/308	46	0.01799	0/69b	1
	Tp6	28/288	36	0.01730	1/96	2
	Tp10	30/278	42	0.02491	1/60b	2
Ol Pejeta Conservancy	Tp1	24/354 + ind	39	0.01467	15/118	31
	Tp2	158/243	33	0.22414	65/82	32
	Tp4	76/383	31	0.06047	2/40b	2
	Tp5	16/309	15	0.01655	0/69b	1
	Tp6	15/288	10	0.01426	1/96	2
	Tp10	22/278	26	0.02510	1/60b	2
Kruger National Park	Tp1	21/369 + ind	37	0.01217	12/119	36
	Tp2	159/243	44	0.22777	64/82	38
	Tp4	103/383	47	0.06341	2/40b	3
	Tp5	26/308	33	0.01784	0/69b	1
	Tp6	25/288	29	0.01639	0/96	1
	Tp10	23/278	17	0.02433	1/60b	2

^aThe insertion/deletion regions (ind) were excluded for the determination of the number of polymorphic residues in nucleotide sequences and π.

^bThe Tp4, Tp5 and Tp10 genes have predicted introns.