Table 1 |
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Molecular phylogenetic analyses attempting to resolve the relationships among malaria parasites. |
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Reference |
Gene* |
Outgroup taxa |
Number of ingroup taxa |
Laverania + avian malaria parasites |
|
|
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Waters et al. 1991 [53] |
SSU rRNA |
Acanthamoeba castellani |
10 |
Yes |
|
Escalante and Ayala 1994 [3] |
SSU rRNA |
Theileria annulata Babesia bovis Sarcocystis fusiformis |
11 |
No |
|
Escalante and Ayala 1995 [56] |
SSU rRNA |
Colpidium campylum Euplotes aediculatus Glaucoma chattoni Opisthonecta henneguyi Paramecium tetraurelia |
5 |
Yes |
|
Qari et al. 1996 [68] |
SSU rRNA |
Toxoplasma gondii, Paramecium tetraurelia |
13 |
No |
|
Escalante et al. 1998 [69] |
Cyt b |
Toxoplasma gondii |
17 |
No |
|
Rathore et al. 2001 [70] |
SSU rRNA |
Toxoplasma gondii |
8 |
Yes |
|
Cyt b |
Toxoplasma gondii |
8 |
No |
|
|
ClpC |
Toxoplasma gondii |
9 |
No |
|
|
Perkins and Schall 2002 [58] |
Cyt b |
Theileria annulata Leucocytozoon dubreuli Leucocytozoon simondi |
52 |
No |
|
Kissinger et al. 2002 [57] |
SSU rRNA |
Theileria annulata Babesia equis |
10 |
Yes |
|
Leclerc et al. 2004 [59] |
SSU rRNA |
Toxoplasma gondii Sarcocystis fusiformis Babesia bovis |
21 |
No |
|
Roy and Irimia 2008 [60] |
SSU rRNA |
Leucocytozoon caulleryi Leucocytozoon sabrazesi |
18 |
No |
|
Martinsen et al. 2008 [61] |
Cyt b, Cox I, ClpC, ASL (concatenated) |
Leucocytozoon spp. |
57 |
No |
|
Ollomo et al. 2009 [4] |
Cyt b, Cox I, Cox III (concatenated) |
Leucocytozoon caulleryi |
17 |
No |
|
Krief et al. 2010 [7] |
Dhfr-ts, Msp2 (concatenated) |
Leucocytozoon sabrazesi |
42 |
No |
|
Silva et al. 2010 [53] |
29 proteins (concatenated) |
Theileria annulata Theileria annulata |
8 |
No |
|
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Note that only analyses are listed that included non-Plasmodium species as an outgroup taxa *Abbreviations: SSU rRNA, 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA; Cyt b, cytochrome b; ClpC, caseinolytic protease C; Cox I and III, cytochrome oxidase I and III; ASL, adenylosuccinate lyase; Dhfr-ts, dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase; Msp2, merozoite surface protein 2. |
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Pick et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2011 11:167 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-167 |
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