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A Green Algal Apicoplast Ancestor

Soledad Funes, Edgar Davidson, Adrián Reyes‐Prieto, Susana Magallón, P. Hérion, Michael P. King, Diego González‐Halphen

Abstract

Apicomplexan parasites, including the human pathogens Toxoplasma and Plasmodium , contain a vestigial plastid, the apicoplast. This chloroplast-derived organelle is the remnant of a secondary endosymbiosis between an ancestral apicomplexan and a photosynthetic organism whose origin is moot ([1–4][

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Key concepts: Apicoplast, Endosymbiosis, Plastid, Biology, Organelle, Apicomplexa, Ancestor, Chloroplast