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. 2020 Jul 27;14(7):e0007986. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007986

Fig 4. Population structure of Leishmania infantum infecting dogs in an endemic area of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil.

Fig 4

Data were obtained on the STRUCTURE software and processed for visualization (see Material and Methods section for details). MLMT was performed in 86 samples for 14 microsatellite markers using DNA extracted from Leishmania isolated from tissues or using DNA extracted directly from the spleen of infected dogs. Two genetic clusters were identified corresponding to POP1 (dark blue horizontal bar) and POP2 (light blue horizontal bar). Each vertical line represents one sample and is divided into the estimated proportion (length of the colour) of membership in that population. 13 samples showed admixture and we considered as POP1 or POP2 when presenting Q≥0.70 (k = 2; Fst = 0.405753; p = 0.0001). Symbols +, # and * indicate dogs 256, 291 and 113, respectively.