Žárský V, Tachezy J.

Biol Direct. 2015 Dec 23;10:74. doi:10.1186/s13062-015-0101-6

Evolutionary loss of peroxisomes--not limited to parasites.

Loss of peroxisomes in O. dioica. Speculates that the advantage might be “rendering the organisms resistant to xenobiotics that become activated in the peroxisomal lumen in response to frequent redox reactions”.