CAMPBELL BIO-MOD.MASTERING ACCESS
CAMPBELL BIO-MOD.MASTERING ACCESS
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Author: Urry
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To hypothesize and explain: The origin of apicomplexan parasites like Plasmodium having the modified plastids.

Introduction: The hypothesis includes the formation and the presence of plastid like organelles inside the sporozoite stage of the species of the plasmodium. They are called as the apicomplexan parasites. The modified plastid is called as the apicoplast. The sporozoites are present inside the gut wall of the mosquito. The parasitic stage sporozoite enters through the salivary glands of the mosquito gets transmitted into the human blood by the bite of a mosquito.

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