• alternative_factor@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Yup and the microorganisms that call them home are all kinds of weird too. Babeiosis is a lot like malaria in that its a microscopic eukaryote with really wacky parasite genetics because a long time ago its ancestors were probably just free-living little fellas, so their genomes are tiny and very silly.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Totes, I got babiosis, lyme, and alpha gal allergies from ticks and now I’m paranoid about them.