Publications by authors named "Zuzana Varadinova"
The origin of the German cockroach, , is enigmatic, in part because it is ubiquitous worldwide in human-built structures but absent from any natural habitats. The first historical records of this species are from ca. 250 years ago (ya) from central Europe (hence its name).
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- Apicomplexa is a phylum of unicellular parasites, including serious human pathogens like Plasmodium falciparum and Cryptosporidium hominis, yet little is known about their invertebrate-infecting relatives called gregarines.
- Recent advancements in single-cell sequencing have allowed researchers to examine gregarines' genomes, revealing varying levels of plastid retention and mitochondrial metabolism among different species.
- The study's findings indicate that the evolution of mitochondrial functions in Apicomplexa reflects a pattern of adaptation to parasitic lifestyles and low-oxygen environments, with instances of independent loss of key mitochondrial structures.
Although cockroaches (Blattodea s. str.) exhibit high proportion of species with reduced wings, the underlying evolutionary forces remain unclear.
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