The genome of its mitochondrion was reported in 1995, that of the nonphotosynthetic plastid known as the apicoplast in 1996, and the sequence of the first nuclear chromosome (chromosome 2) in 1998.
O seu xenoma mitocondrial publicouse en 1995, e o do seu plastidio non fotosintético (apicoplasto) en 1996, e a secuencia do primeiro cromosoma nuclear (cromosoma 2) en 1998.