A plot of the correlation function of a given DNA sequence has certain characteristic features common to almost all organisms. One common feature is that the correlation values at distances that are multiples of three is higher than correlation values at other distances. Because of this such a correlation plot can be divided into two or three curves with different scalings. P. falciparum has a rare correlation property which is probably unique. I have analyzed genomes of many bacteria, fungi and protozoa and found that P. falciparum is the only organism whose DNA sequence correlation plot can be divided into four curves with different scalings. This property is neither shared by other species of the Plasmodium genus nor by other AT rich genomes. This could be a hint that the DNA sequence of P. falciparum has undergone certain rare mutational events.

