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Alveolate Clades: Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans, Ciliates
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Alveolate Clades: Dinoflagellates, Apicomplexans, Ciliates

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What is the impact of malaria on income levels in countries hard hit by the disease?

  • Income levels are 50% higher compared to similar countries free of the disease.
  • Income levels are significantly higher than in countries free of the disease.
  • Income levels are the same as in countries free of the disease.
  • Income levels are 33% lower compared to similar countries free of the disease. (correct)

    • Which protist is responsible for causing 'bumper car' disease in lobsters?

  • Cryptophyte
  • Plasmodium
  • Pfiesteria shumwayae
  • Anophryoides haemophila (correct)

    • What is the main devastating effect attributed to Pfiesteria shumwayae?

  • Causing 'bumper car' disease in lobsters
  • Reducing income levels in affected countries
  • Playing a role in the lobster industry in Atlantic Canada
  • Attaching to victims and eating their skin (correct)

    • What is the characteristic movement mechanism of dinoflagellates?

    <p>Whirling as they move with two flagella</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do dinoflagellate blooms contribute to the phenomenon known as 'red tide'?

    <p>Pigments called carotenoids in dinoflagellates turn coastal waters brownish red or pink</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the method through which apicomplexans spread through their host?

    <p>Spreading as tiny infectious cells called sporozoites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the apicoplast in Plasmodium parasites?

    <p>Photosynthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the discovery of the apicoplast in Plasmodium parasites significant?

    <p>It led to a new method of drug treatment targeting apicoplast metabolism enzymes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is primarily responsible for causing malaria in humans?

    <p>Plasmodium falciparum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organelle in Plasmodium parasites was found to have a circular genome similar to plant chloroplasts?

    <p>Apicoplast</p> Signup and view all the answers

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