Forward genetics for back-in-time questions
A genetic screen has revealed one of the molecules that allow choanoflagellates, the closest unicellular relative of animals, to form colonies, which could help researchers to answer questions about the earliest days of animal evolution.
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| author | Alex de Mendoza Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo |
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| description | A genetic screen has revealed one of the molecules that allow choanoflagellates, the closest unicellular relative of animals, to form colonies, which could help researchers to answer questions about the earliest days of animal evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6431e801df66405d89dd047bc10e192a2022-12-22T02:05:26ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2014-11-01310.7554/eLife.05218Forward genetics for back-in-time questionsAlex de Mendoza0Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo1Departament de Genètica, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, SpainDepartament de Genètica, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, SpainA genetic screen has revealed one of the molecules that allow choanoflagellates, the closest unicellular relative of animals, to form colonies, which could help researchers to answer questions about the earliest days of animal evolution.https://elifesciences.org/articles/05218choanoflagellateSalpingoeca rosettamulticellularityC-type lectin-likerosetteless |
| spellingShingle | Alex de Mendoza Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Forward genetics for back-in-time questions eLife choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta multicellularity C-type lectin-like rosetteless |
| title | Forward genetics for back-in-time questions |
| title_full | Forward genetics for back-in-time questions |
| title_fullStr | Forward genetics for back-in-time questions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forward genetics for back-in-time questions |
| title_short | Forward genetics for back-in-time questions |
| title_sort | forward genetics for back in time questions |
| topic | choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta multicellularity C-type lectin-like rosetteless |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/05218 |
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