Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

Woo, Yong; Rahman Ansari, Hifzur; D. Otto, Thomas; M. Klinger, Christen; Kolísko, Martin; Michálek, Jan; Saxena, Alka; Shanmugam, Dhanasekaran; Tayyrov, Annageldi; Veluchamy, Alaguraj; Ali, Shahjahan; Bernal, Axel; del Campo, Javier; Cihlář, Jaromír; Flegontov, Pavel; G. Gornik, Sebastian; Hajdušková, Eva; Horák, Aleš; Janouškovec, Jan; J Katris, Nicholas; D. Mast, Fred; Miranda‐Saavedra, Diego; Mourier, Tobias; Naeem, Raeece; Nair, Mridul; K. Panigrahi, Aswini; D. Rawlings, Neil; Padron-Regalado, Eriko; Ramaprasad, Abhinay; Samad, Nadira; Tomčala, Aleš; Wilkes, Jonathan; E. Neafsey, Daniel; Doerig, Christian; Bowler, Chris; J. Keeling, Patrick; S. Roos, David; B. Dacks, Joel; J. Templeton, Thomas; F. Waller, Ross; Lukeš, Julius; Obornı́k, Miroslav; Pain, Arnab

doi:10.7554/elife.06974

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Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

Published in eLife • Jul 14, 2015

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Yong Woo

Hifzur Rahman Ansari

Thomas D. Otto

Abstract

The eukaryotic phylum Apicomplexa encompasses thousands of obligate intracellular parasites of humans and animals with immense socio-economic and health impacts. We sequenced nuclear genomes of Chromera velia and Vitrella brassicaformis, free-living non-parasitic photosynthetic algae closely related...

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