Table 3 Top table shows the genetic distances among and between the MSP1a R1 repeat sequences reported on each ecoregion cluster.
Ecoregion | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cluster 1 | 0.212 | 0.311 | 0.319 | 0.337 |
Cluster 2 | 0.199 | 0.321 | 0.371 | |
Cluster 3 | 0.175 | 0.214 | ||
Cluster 4 | 0.156 | |||
Geographical cluster | Western USA | Eastern USA | Mesoamerican+ Caribbean | South America |
Western USA | 0.418 | 0.399 | 0.514 | 0.519 |
Eastern USA | 0.329 | 0.388 | 0.501 | |
Mesoamerican+ | 0.454 | 0.455 | ||
Caribbean | ||||
South America | 0.521 |