Table 1 Genetic divergences among different Plasmodium species

P. vivax

110

0.001 ± 0.0005

0.001 ± 0.0005

0.000 ± 0.0001

0.001 ± 0.0003

0.001 ± 0.0001

P. vivax-P. cynomolgi

1 vs. 2

0.014 ± 0.0029

0.014 ± 0.0033

0.013 ± 0.0030

0.012 ± 0.0018

0.012 ± 0.0016

P. knowlesi

59

0.001 ± 0.0004

0.002 ± 0.0007

0.001 ± 0.0004

0.001 ± 0.0003

0.001 ± 0.0002

P. ovale wallikeri-P. ovale curtisi

2

0.011 ± 0.0030

0.025 ± 0.0056

0.013 ± 0.0031

0.012 ± 0.0022

0.012 ± 0.0014

P. chabaudi chabaudi

7

0.001 ± 0.0005

0.002 ± 0.0009

0.001 ± 0.0003

0.001 ± 0.0003

0.001 ± 0.0003

P. chabaudi adami

2

0.004 ± 0.0016

0.005 ± 0.0025

0.004 ± 0.0017

0.004 ± 0.0013

0.003 ± 0.0007

P. ch. chabaudi-P. ch. adami

7 vs. 2

0.005 ± 0.0017

0.009 ± 0.0028

0.006 ± 0.0019

0.005 ± 0.0013

0.005 ± 0.0007

P. billbrayi-P. gaboni

4 vs. 2

0.020 ± 0.0036

0.038 ± 0.0067

0.021 ± 0.0040

0.021 ± 0.0029

0.018 ± 0.0015

P. billbrayi-P. billcollinsi

4 vs. 1

0.103 ± 0.0088

0.167 ± 0.0150

0.086 ± 0.0096

0.095 ± 0.0063

0.077 ± 0.0039

P. reichenowi-Plasmodium sp.*

2 vs. 1

0.019 ± 0.0034

0.026 ± 0.0055

0.017 ± 0.0087

0.018 ± 0.0027

0.015 ± 0.0016

P. reichenowi-P. billcollinsi

2 vs. 1

0.076 ± 0.0076

0.130 ± 0.0158

0.039 ± 0.0063

0.060 ± 0.0048

0.051 ± 0.0028

P. reichenowi-P. falciparum (H)

2 vs.101

0.032 ± 0.0047

0.055 ± 0.0085

0.025 ± 0.0049

0.029 ± 0.0032

0.025 ± 0.0018

P. reichenowi-P. falciparum (Ch)

2 vs. 4

0.032 ± 0.0043

0.056 ± 0.0083

0.026 ± 0.0048

0.029 ± 0.0031

0.026 ± 0.0021

Plasmodium sp.*-P. falciparum (Ch)

1 vs. 4

0.036 ± 0.0052

0.060 ± 0.0091

0.034 ± 0.0056

0.035 ± 0.0034

0.030 ± 0.0022

P. falciparum (Ch)-P. billcollinsi

4 vs. 1

0.062 ± 0.0072

0.130 ± 0.0143

0.051 ± 0.0072

0.057 ± 0.0043

0.051 ± 0.0027

P. falciparum (Ch)-P. falciparum (H)

4 vs.101

0.000 ± 0.0000

0.001 ± 0.0007

0.001 ± 0.0005

0.001 ± 0.0002

0.002 ± 0.0004

P. falciparum (H)

101

0.000 ± 0.0001

0.001 ± 0.0004

0.001 ± 0.0003

0.000 ± 0.0001

0.000 ± 0.0001