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SUBMITTER: Janouskovec J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733595 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Janouškovec Jan J Paskerova Gita G GG Miroliubova Tatiana S TS Mikhailov Kirill V KV Birley Thomas T Aleoshin Vladimir V VV Simdyanov Timur G TG
eLife 20190816
The phylum Apicomplexa comprises human pathogens such as <i>Plasmodium</i> but is also an under-explored hotspot of evolutionary diversity central to understanding the origins of parasitism and non-photosynthetic plastids. We generated single-cell transcriptomes for all major apicomplexan groups lacking large-scale sequence data. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that apicomplexan-like parasites are polyphyletic and their similar morphologies emerged convergently at least three times. Gregarines and ...[more]