Flashcards in Lecture 24 - Protists I Deck (10)
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What is the clade Excavata characterized by?
its cytoskeleton
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What does the Excavata include?
-diplomonads
-parabasalids
-euglenozoans
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What do Diplomonads and Parabasalids lack?
plastids
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Diplomonads and Parabasalids have modified ______
mitochondria
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Diplomonads and Parabasalids live in ______ environments
anaerobic
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Diplomonads have reduced mitochondria called ____
mitosomes
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Diplomonads have two equal-sized _______ and multiple ________
nuclei, flagella
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Diplomonads are often ________
parasites, EX Giardia intestnalis
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What does the archaezoa hypothesis say?
-Diplomonads + Parabasalids are derived from ancient eukaryotic lineages before the acquisition of endosymbiotic bacteria evolved into mitochondria
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