Publication Date:
2013-08-16
Description:
Article Unicellular ancestors of metazoans can provide significant insights into the origin of multicellularity. Suga et al . present the first complete genome of the filasterean Capsaspora owczarzaki and suggest an evolutionary mechanism for the transition from unicellular protists to metazoans. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3325 Authors: Hiroshi Suga, Zehua Chen, Alex de Mendoza, Arnau Sebé-Pedrós, Matthew W. Brown, Eric Kramer, Martin Carr, Pierre Kerner, Michel Vervoort, Núria Sánchez-Pons, Guifré Torruella, Romain Derelle, Gerard Manning, B. Franz Lang, Carsten Russ, Brian J. Haas, Andrew J. Roger, Chad Nusbaum, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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