Fig. 2

Genetic structure of the Ecuadorian ethnic groups evaluated by pairwise FST analyses. Dendrogram and heat map generated from FST genetic distances. FST values were calculated from SNVs found in the G6PD gene. The four Ecuadorian ethnic groups (Afro-Ecuadorian: AFE; Indigenous: IND; Mestizo: MEZ; and Montubio: MON) and their geographic distribution (Coast: CO; Highlands: HG; and Amazon Region: AZ) are considered