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Consistent and contrasting properties of lineage-specific genes in the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium and Theileria

Chih-Horng Kuo1 email and Jessica C Kissinger1,2,3 email

Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA

author email corresponding author email

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:108doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-108

Published: 11 April 2008

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Additional file 1:

Genes used to infer the species tree. List of the 83 single-copy genes used to infer the species tree. Gene ID and description are based on the Plasmodium falciparum sequence annotation in each ortholog group.

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Lists of lineage-specific genes in Plasmodium falciparum. Lists of lineage-specific genes, grouped by the level of lineage specificity defined in Figure 2.

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Lists of lineage-specific genes in Theileria annulata. Lists of lineage-specific genes, grouped by the level of lineage specificity defined in Figure 2.

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Chromosomal location of lineage-specific genes in Plasmodium falciparum. Graphical distribution of genes on all 14 Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes.

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Additional file 5:

Chromosomal location of lineage-specific genes in Theileria annulata. Graphical distribution of genes on all 4 Theileria annulata chromosomes.

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