Insights and questions about how multi-cellular organisms evolved
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 09:14
in Biology & Nature
What do humans and single-celled choanoflagellates have in common? More than you'd think. New research into the choanoflagellate genome shows these ancient organisms have similar levels of proteins that cells in more complex organisms, including humans, use to communicate with each other...
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