Insights into the origin of metazoan multicellularity from predatory unicellular relatives of animals

Insights into the origin of metazoan multicellularity from predatory unicellular relatives of animals

Abstract Background The origin of animals from their unicellular ancestor was one of the most important events in evolutionary history, but the nature and the order of events leading up to the emergence of multicellular animals are still highly uncertain. The diversity and biology of unicellular rel...

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Main Authors: Denis V. Tikhonenkov, Elisabeth Hehenberger, Anton S. Esaulov, Olga I. Belyakova, Yuri A. Mazei, Alexander P. Mylnikov, Patrick J. Keeling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Origin of animals
Multicellularity
Protists
Holozoa
Pigoraptor
Syssomonas
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-020-0762-1

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