A molecular phylogeny of @entity4801 recovered from XXXX gene sequences.

@entity1 @entity68216 @entity12255 @entity3964 @entity4801
A phylogeny of haemosporidian parasites (phylum Apicomplexa, family Plasmodiidae) was recovered using mitochondrial @entity68216 gene sequences from 52 species in 4 genera ( @entity3964 , Hepatocystis, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon), including parasite species infecting mammals, birds, and reptiles from over a wide geographic range. Leucocytozoon species emerged as an appropriate out-group for the other @entity4801 . Both parsimony and maximum-likelihood analyses produced similar phylogenetic trees. Life-history traits and parasite morphology, traditionally used as taxonomic characters, are largely phylogenetically uninformative. The @entity3964 and Hepatocystis species of @entity1 hosts form 1 well-supported clade, and the @entity3964 and Haemoproteus species of birds and lizards form a second. Within this second clade, the relationships between taxa are more complex. Although jackknife support is weak, the @entity3964 of birds may form 1 clade and the Haemoproteus of birds another clade, but the parasites of lizards fall into several clusters, suggesting a more ancient and complex evolutionary history. The parasites currently placed within the genus Haemoproteus may not be monophyletic. @entity3964 of @entity1 was not derived from an avian malarial ancestor and, except for its close sister species, @entity12255 , is only distantly related to haemospordian parasites of all other mammals. @entity3964 is paraphyletic with respect to 2 other genera of @entity4801 , Haemoproteus and Hepatocystis. Explicit hypothesis testing supported these conclusions.
