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The recent completion of five new protozoan parasite genomes should lead to an improved understanding of their biology and, through comparative genomics, shed light on protozoan genome diversity and evolution.
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Hertz-Fowler, C., Berriman, M. & Pain, A. A feast of protozoan genomes. Nat Rev Microbiol 3, 670–671 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1237
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