<P> In protists, syncytia can be found in some rhizarians (e.g., chlorarachniophytes, plasmodiophorids, haplosporidians) and acellular slime moulds, dictyostelids (amoebozoans) and acrasids (excavates). </P> <P> Some examples of plant syncytia, which result during plant development, include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Developing endosperm </Li> <Li> The non-articulated laticifers </Li> <Li> The plasmodial tapetum, and </Li> <Li> The "nucellar plasmodium" of the family Podostemaceae </Li> </Ul> <Li> The non-articulated laticifers </Li>

Syncytia play an important role in which of the following diseases