The malaria parasite life cycle alternates between two hosts: a vertebrate and the female
Anopheles mosquito vector. Cell division, proliferation, and invasion are essential for …

Sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii, confined to the felid gut, remains largely
uncharted owing to ethical concerns regarding the use of cats as model organisms …

The∼ 30 Mb genomes of the Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria each encode∼
5000 genes, but the functions of the majority remain unknown. This is due to a paucity of …

Sexual reproduction and meiotic sex are deeply rooted in the eukaryotic tree of life, but
mechanisms determining sex or mating types are extremely varied and are only well …

The parasite Cryptosporidium is a leading agent of diarrhoeal disease in young children,
and a cause and consequence of chronic malnutrition,. There are no vaccines and only …

Taxon-specific proteins are key determinants defining the biology of all organisms and
represent prime drug targets in pathogens. However, lacking comparability with proteins in …

The transmission of malaria parasites to mosquitoes is dependent on the formation of
gametocytes. Once fully matured, gametocytes are able to transform into gametes in the …

Malaria is a mosquito‐borne infectious disease, caused by unicellular Apicomplexan
protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. The sexual stage of Plasmodium is one of the most …

The developmental decision made by malaria parasites to become sexual underlies all
malaria transmission. Here, we describe a rich atlas of short-and long-read single-cell …

Summary paragraph Sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii, which is restricted to the
small intestine of felids, is sparsely documented, due to ethical concerns surrounding the …