Diplomonad

Most diplomonads are double cells: they have two nuclei, each with four associated flagella, arranged symmetrically about the body's main axis.However, researchers found G. duodenalis to have a core set of genes that function in meiosis and that are widely present among sexual eukaryotes.Furthermore, Cooper et al.[6] found direct evidence in Giardia duodenalis for infrequent meiotic recombination, indicative of sexual reproduction between individuals.Giardia duodenalis is divided into eight assemblages based on host specificities and genetic divergence of marker genes.They suggested that the assemblages are genetically isolated lineages, and thus could be viewed as separated Giardia species.
Representation of a diplomonad
  1. Anterior flagellum
  2. Basal body
  3. Nucleus
  4. Nucleolus
  5. Recurrent flagellum
  6. Endoplasmic reticulum , the transport network for molecules going to specific parts of the cell
  7. Cytopharynx, works with the cytostome to import macromolecules
  8. Infranuclear microtubules
  9. Cytostomal fibre microtubules
  10. Mitosome , related to mitochondria
  11. Digestive Vacuole
  12. Granule
  13. Endosome , sorts material
  14. Cytostome , cell mouth
Giardia lambliaScientific classificationEukaryotaExcavataMetamonadaGiardiinaeGiardiaOctomitusHexamitinaeHexamitaSpironucleusflagellatesGiardia duodenalisgiardiasismetamonadsretortamonadsnucleimitochondriaGolgi apparatusesmitosomesiron-sulfur proteinsflagellumBasal bodyNucleusNucleolusEndoplasmic reticulumMitosomeDigestive VacuoleEndosomeCytostomeprotistmeiosiseukaryoteskaryogamyhomologous recombinationhomologsgenetic divergencespeciesBibcodeDomainDiaphoretickesAmorpheaDiscobaJakobeaJakobidaAndaluciidaeHistionidaeJakobidaeStygiellidaeTsukubeaTsukubamonadidaTsukubamonadidaeDiscicristataPercolozoaNeovahlkampfiidaeGruberellidaeHeteroloboseaAcrasidaAcrasidaeNaegleriidaVahlkampfiidaePercolomonadidaStephanopogonidaeEuglenozoaPostgaardiaPostgaardeaPostgaardidaCalkinsiidaePostgaardidaeGlycomonadaDiplonemeaDiplonemidaDiplonemidaeKinetoplasteaBodonidaBodonidaeTrypanosomatidaTrypanosomatidaeEuglenidaHemioliaLiburnaAnisonemidaAnisonemidaeNeometanemidaePeranemataceaeEuglenophyceaeRapazidaeEutreptiaceaeEuglenalesEuglenaceaeLoukozoaNeoloukaMalawimonadeaMalawimonadidaImasidaeMalawimonadidaeAncyromonadidaAnaeromonadaAnaeromonadeaTrimastigidaeOxymonadidaTrichozoaAnaeramoebidaeFornicataCarpediemonadeaCarpediemonadidaCarpediemonadidaeDysnectidaeRetortamonadidaChilomastigidaeRetortamonadidaeParabasaliaTrichomonadidaTrichomonadidaeTrichonymphidaWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of Life