Table S2 Description of mt genomes of different Plasmodium species used in phylogenetic analysis (with*) and Fig. 5. S. No . 1 2 3 4 Plasmodium species P. falciparum (Gorilla MOEB)* P. falciparum (Monkey MO454)* Plasmodium sp. (Gorilla GTgor10)* Plasmodium sp. (Gorilla DSgor86)* Host Length (bp) Genbank Accession No Gorilla 5860 JF923761 Monkey 5860 JF923762 Gorilla 5969 Gorilla 5969 HM235273+HM235206 Consensus used HM235202+ HM235292 Consensus used 5 P. reichenowi* Chimpanzee 5966 NC_002235 6 Plasmodium sp. (Chimpanzee 70)* Chimpanzee 5843 KF040083 7 P. billcollinsi* Chimpanzee 5950 GQ355479 8 P. billbrayi* Chimpanzee 5945 GQ355468 9 P. gaboni* Chimpanzee 5931 FJ895307 10 Plasmodium sp. (DRC-L)* Bonobo 5858 GQ355475 11 P. fragile* 5977 AY722799 12 P. coatneyi* 5976 AB354575 13 P. knowlesi* 5957 NC_007232 14 P. fieldi* 5988 AB444132 15 P. simiovale* 5987 AB434920 16 P. hylobati* 5973 AB354573 Asian Old World Monkey Asian Old World Monkey Asian Old World Monkey Asian Old World Monkey Asian Old World Monkey Asian Old Sampling location Genotype at the six SNPs (276, 725, 2763, 3289, 3575, 3617) Gabon ATCATT Gabon ATCATT Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Africa ATCATT Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Gabon GTCATT ATCATT GTCATT ATCATT ATCATT GTCATT Republic of the Congo Southeast Asia ATTATA Southeast Asia ATTACA Southeast Asia ATCATA Southeast Asia ATTATA Southeast Asia ATTATA Southeast Asia ATTATA References Prugnolle et al, 2011. African monkeys are infected by Plasmodium falciparum nonhuman primate-specific strains. PNAS Prugnolle et al, 2011. 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ATCATT GCCGCA India GCCGCA This study India India India ATTGCA ATTGCA ATTGCA This study This study This study 31 32 33 34 35 31 P. falciparum (SUR10)* P. falciparum (SON8)* P. fragile (Pfragile1) P. fragile (Pfragile2) P. fragile (Pfragile3) P. coatneyi (Pcoatneyi2) Human Human 5967 5967 Monkey 1663 partial Monkey 1663 partial Monkey 1663 partial Monkey 1440 partial KJ569488 KJ569463 KJ668850+ KJ668851+ KJ668852+ HG969418 Consensus used KJ668853+ KJ668854+ KJ668855+ HG969419 Consensus used KJ668856+ KJ668857+ KJ668858+ HG969420 Consensus used KJ668847+ KJ668848+ KJ668849+ HG969417 Consensus used India India India ATTGCA ATTGCA ATTATA This study This study This study India ATTATA This study India ATTATA This study India ATTACA This study