Mistletoe has lost 'most of its respiratory capacity'

Most people know mistletoe as a plant to hang up and kiss under at the holidays. But in its natural environment, mistletoe is a hemiparasite, latching onto trees and extracting water and nutrients from them. Now, two independent studies show that mistletoe’s parasitic lifestyle has brought about a surprising evolutionary loss. Mistletoe lacks key components of the cellular machinery other organisms depend upon to convert glucose into ATP.
Mistletoe has lost 'most of its respiratory capacity'
Mistletoe has lost 'most of its respiratory capacity'
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