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Amitochondrial


A cell that lacks mitochondria. It has been understood that amitochondrial amoebae represent more primitive (early branching) forms, however Entamoeba which was for a very long time thought to lack mitochondria was then thought to have lost them secondarily (Clark & Roger, 1995), and finally now appears to possess mitochondria -like vesicles. A [..]
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