Photoparasitism as an Intermediate State in the Evolution of Apicomplexan Parasites
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/20:00538949
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147149222030163X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147149222030163X?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.06.002" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.pt.2020.06.002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Photoparasitism as an Intermediate State in the Evolution of Apicomplexan Parasites
Original language description
Despite the benefits of phototrophy, many algae have lost photosynthesis and have converted back to heterotrophy. Parasitism is a heterotrophic strategy, with apicomplexans being among the most devastating parasites for humans. The presence of a nonphotosynthetic plastid in apicomplexan parasites suggests their phototrophic ancestry. The discovery of related phototrophic chromerids has unlocked the possibility to study the transition between phototrophy and parasitism in the Apicomplexa. The chromerid Chromera velia can live as an intracellular parasite in coral larvae as well as a free-living phototroph, combining phototrophy and parasitism in what I call photoparasitism. Since early-branching apicomplexans live extracellularly, their evolution from an intracellular symbiont is unlikely. In this opinion article I discuss possible evolutionary trajectories from an extracellular photoparasite to an obligatory apicomplexan parasite.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Trends in Parasitology
ISSN
1471-4922
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
36
Issue of the periodical within the volume
9
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
727-734
UT code for WoS article
000562473400004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85087996704