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Lab Notes Flashcards

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Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)

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The movement of genetic information laterally between organisms that occurs without the involvement of sexual reproduction

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Protoza

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Classified into four major groups
-Flagellates
-Amoebas
-Ciliates
-Sporozoa

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Protozoa: Kinetoplastida

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Is a flagellated protozoa that has a kinetoplast that contains a large amount of DNA
Parasitic and free-living

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Kinetoplast

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Circular DNA inside a mitochondrion

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Trypomastigotes

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Slender body, undulating membrane, flagellum present and kinetoplast posterior to the nucleus

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Amastigotes

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Small, Oval, no flagellum, kinetoplast close to nucleus

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Promastigotes

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Elongate with free flagellum and no undulating membrane, kinetoplast and flagellum anterior to nucleus

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Epimastigotes

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Elongate with undulating membrane and flagellum emerging from side of the cell near the nucleus

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