Table 1.
Sample Type | Diversity | Selection Indices | |||||
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Nucleotide diversity (π) | Tajima’s D | Fu and Li’s D | Fu and Li’s F | Codon-Based Z Test of Selection (Nei-Gojobori) |
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Neutral | Positive | Negative | |||||
Pupae (N = 8) | 0.011 | −0.110 | −0.240 | −0.234 | P = 0.111ns | P = 1.00ns | P = 0.058ns |
Adult bees (N = 13) | 0.007 | −0.815 | −1.190 | −1.247 | P = 0.013* | P = 1.00ns | P = 0.006* |
Estimates of the nucleotide diversity and selection indices for the DWV quasispecies from the 24-hour serial inocula (pupae) and the 7-day (a)symptomatic adult transmission progeny (adult bees). Negative values of Tajima’s D87 and Fu and Li’s D and F88 selection indices signify an excess of low frequency polymorphisms, indicating expansion of the population size as well as negative (purifying) selection. P-values in the Codon-Based Z Test of Selection refer to the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis of strict-neutrality (equal indices of synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions) in favour of the alternative hypothesis (positive or negative selection). Values of P > 0.05 were considered non-significant (ns). The values were estimated from the sub-consensus sequences of the different quasispecies. Only characters with a Minor Allele Frequency (MAF) ≥ 0.02 were included in the sub-consensus sequences.