All newly identified transcripts were subjected to an NCBI-BLASTN homology search (v. 2.13.0; Altschul et al., 1990 (link); default parameters, except word size = 7) against the Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial genome (M76611.1) and the Eimeria leuckarti mitochondrial genome (MW354691.1). Transcripts not matching the P. falciparum or E. leuckarti mitochondrial genome were further inspected for homology to the E. coli rRNA operon (J01695.2) using BLASTN.
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