To understand the pattern of genetic differentiation with respect to geographical distance among Indian parasite sub-populations and those present in other malaria endemic countries, msp1 sequence data were retrieved from public databases [GenBank accession numbers: JF460898–JF460938, AB502443–AB502513, AB502514–AB502545, AB502546–AB502586, AB502587–AB502628, AB715434, AB502629–AB502704, AB502705–AB502745, AB715435–AB715519] [14, 47–57]. This evidence concerns the gene ATAD1 and malaria.