Figure 1From: A call to arms: on refining Plasmodium vivax microsatellite marker panels for comparing global diversityPopulation structure scenarios based on the polymorphic potential of microsatellite markers. (i) Markers generating reduced diversity due to reduced mutability will not be able to resolve existing population structure; (ii) markers generating excess diversity due to increased mutability may confound local population structure, making it difficult to compare different geographic regions; (iii) markers with balanced diversity, calibrated to the population comparisons of interest, can decipher population structure and provide meaningful insight into parasite migration and evolution.Back to article page