Jackknifed consensus trees demonstrate reproducible geographic clustering in <i>pvcsp</i> VK210 and VK247 isolates, but not <i>pvmsp-1</i>.

Abstract

<p>The reproducibility of population clustering was assessed using 1000 jackknifed phylogenies. Individual populations clustered together or apart in each of the 1000 jackknifed phylogenies, and the frequency of a split between any two populations was quantified. Populations with grey bars (<50% splits) were genetically similar, while populations with red bars (>99.9% splits) were highly genetically distinct. Phylogenies were built from the <i>pvmsp-1</i> 42 kDa region (<b>A</b>), the <i>pvcsp</i> VK210 central repeat (<b>B</b>), and <i>pvcsp</i> VK247 central repeat (<b>C</b>).</p