Fig. 3

Phylogenetic tree of selected representatives of Babesia sp. inferred from 18S rRNA. The evolutionary history was inferred by using the maximum likelihood method and the Tamura 3-parameter model. The analysis contains Babesia vogeli 18S rRNA sequences identified in the current study (bold and marked red dots) and GenBank sequences. Accession numbers of sequences, host species, and country of origin are displayed. Bootstrap values are represented as per cent of internal branches (1000 replicates); values < 50 are hidden. The tree is drawn to scale, with branch lengths measured in the number of substitutions per site. This analysis involved 23 nucleotide sequences. There were a total of 410 positions in the final dataset. Sequences AF176835 and EU289222 were used as outgroup