P. chabaudi chromosome 2 map – markers, genes and synteny. P. chabaudi chromosome 2 (blue + green bar; double-headed arrow, top) and its syntenic blocks relative to P. falciparum chromosome 1 (blue) and 7 (green) (double-headed arrows, bottom) are shown. The genes at the extremities of these blocks are shown with their chromosomal loci (pfxx-yyyy, where xx is the chromosome and yyyy the position in kb, yellow). Note that the syntenic block from P. falciparum chromosome 1 is reversed in direction. The position of AFLPs that were physically mapped (blast) and homologous positions in P. falciparum are shown (pink). Genes (not mutated) sequenced during current study are shown (purple). Mutated gene (UBP-1) is shown (red). The scale (100 kb intervals) indicates distances in P. falciparum. The positions of SNP allele quantification assays (pyrosequencing) are shown (green circles); these are, left to right, pf01–0406, pf01–0399, pf01–0323, pf01–0265, pf01–0197, pf01–0150, pf01–0129, pf07–1006 and pf07–1151.