ZOL3703
Assignment 1
Semester 1
Unique NO: 113677
DUE: 13 MARCH 2026
, ZOL3703
Assignment 1
Semester 1 2026
Unique Number: 113677
QUESTION 1 [10]
Explanation of structures and survival in African hosts (humans and livestock for
T. brucei causing African sleeping sickness/nagana):
• Kinetoplast: A unique mass of mitochondrial DNA at the base of the flagellum. It
enables rapid switching of mitochondrial function between the tsetse-fly vector
(where a full Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation occur) and the
Assignment 1
Semester 1
Unique NO: 113677
DUE: 13 MARCH 2026
, ZOL3703
Assignment 1
Semester 1 2026
Unique Number: 113677
QUESTION 1 [10]
Explanation of structures and survival in African hosts (humans and livestock for
T. brucei causing African sleeping sickness/nagana):
• Kinetoplast: A unique mass of mitochondrial DNA at the base of the flagellum. It
enables rapid switching of mitochondrial function between the tsetse-fly vector
(where a full Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation occur) and the