Fig. 7: Journey of Clade D T. gondii considering recombination.

A hypothetical diagram illustrating the historical migration events of Clade D T. gondii. The sequence of events from 1 to 5 corresponds to specific genetic recombination episodes. The red arrows represent the directions of genetic admixture. Asterisks on HG13 and HG12 indicate that these genetic lineages had ancestral-type genomes, which differed from their current genome.