Table 2 Genome assembly characteristics of five Plasmodium vinckei reference genomes. AT-rich P. vinckei genomes are 19.2 to 19.5 megabasepairs (Mb) long except for PvvCY which has a smaller genome size of 18.3 Mb, similar to Plasmodium berghei. PacBio long reads allowed for chromosomes to be assembled as gapless unitigs with a few exceptions. Number of genes include partial genes and pseudogenes. Copy numbers of the ten multigene families differ between the P. vinckei subspecies (ema1, erythrocyte membrane antigen 1; etramp, early transcribed membrane protein; hdh, haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase; lpl, lysophospholipases; p235, reticulocyte-binding protein; pir, Plasmodium interspersed repeat protein)

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