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Phylogenomic diversity of archigregarine apicomplexans.
Open biology - 1 Sept 2024
Lax Gordon, Park Eunji, Na Ina, Jacko-Reynolds Victoria, Kwong Waldan K, House Chloe S E, Trznadel Morelia, Wakeman Kevin, Leander Brian S, Keeling Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Gregarines are a large and diverse subgroup of Apicomplexa, a lineage of obligate animal symbionts including pathogens such as Plasmodium, the malaria parasite. Unlike Plasmodium, however, gregarines are poorly studied, despite the fact that as early-branching apicomplexans they are crucial to our understanding of the origin and evolution of all apicomplexans and their parasitic lifestyle. Exemplifying this, the...
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