Figure 2

Phylogenetic tree of Plasmodium spp. based on the gene encoding dhfr-ts . Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood (ML) methods yielded identical topologies, only the Bayesian tree is shown. The values above branches are posterior probabilities together with bootstrap values (in bold) as a percentage obtained for the maximum likelihood tree (see methods). Human malaria parasites are labelled in red and the chimpanzee identification is labelled in green. * indicates a clade without support in the maximum likelihood tree.