Table 1. Plasmodium genomes utilized in this paper, their status and sources.

Abbr.	Species	Version	Genome status	Source	Primary publication
Pf	Plasmodium falciparum	06/28/2007	Complete	PlasmoDB	[34]
Pv	Plasmodium vivax	09/11/2007	Complete	GenBank	Carlton et al., submitted.
Pk	Plasmodium knowlesi	02/22/2007	8×	GeneDB	Berriman et al., submitted.
Py	Plasmodium yoelii yoelii	09/10/2002	5×	PlasmoDB	[35]
Pb	Plasmodium berghei	02/27/2006	4×	PlasmoDB	[14]
Pc	Plasmodium chabaudii	02/27/2006	4×	PlasmoDB	[14]