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A widespread coral-infecting apicomplexan contains a plastid encoding chlorophyll biosynthesis
2018-08-14
Abstract excerpt
The Apicomplexa are an important group of obligate intracellular parasites that include the causative agents of human diseases like malaria and toxoplasmosis. They evolved from free-living, phototrophic ancestors, and how this transition to parasitism occurred remains an outstanding question. One potential clue lies in coral reefs, where environmental DNA surveys have uncovered several lineages of uncharacterized,...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 67861d3c-794c-51f7-b9a6-a0510733e8ec
- DOI
- 10.1101/391565
