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UBC researchers share some gruesome parasites of nature, like worms that fill the entire gut of an insect to a fungus that grows from your nose to your brain.
Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a streamlined parasitic plant an extreme degree of genome shrinkage even among parasites according to new research in Nature Plants. Along the way this subtropical plant developed the ability to induce the host plant to grow into the parasite’s own flesh forming chimeric organs that mix host and parasite tissues.
Parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh—it s also an extreme example of genome shrinkage phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.