Table 3.
McDonald–Kreitman tests on MSP1 of Plasmodium knowlesi with P. vivax MSP1 ortholog as outgroup species
MSP1 | Polymorphic changes within P. knowlesi | Fixed differences between species | Neutrality index | Fisher’s exact test P-value | ||
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Syn | NonSyn | Syn | NonSyn | |||
C-terminal (42 kDa) | 47 | 27 | 72 | 84 | 0.49 | 0.01 |
Syn synonymous substitutions, NonSyn non synonymous substitutions