ATAD1 and malaria: Evidence of balancing selection has been reported in other malaria vaccine candidates such as the extracellular domains of P. falciparum apical membrane antigen (PfAMA-1), Cell-Traversal protein for Ookinetes and Sporozoites (CelTOS), Thrombospondin Related Adhesion Protein (TRAP), Liver Stage Antigen 1 (LSA1) and merozoite surface proteins (MSP1) [70–73].