Crossed (Evolutionary) Signals? (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Crossed (Evolutionary) Signals?

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An illustration of a choanoflagellate. Researchers have discovered that these single-cell organisms are unique in that they contain molecules that cells in multi-cellular organisms use to communicate with each other. These findings provide new insights into how multi-cellular organisms evolved and they suggest other uses for these communication molecules that have yet to be discovered.

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Mateus Zica

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