The Acrasis kona genome and developmental transcriptomes reveal deep origins of eukaryotic multicellular pathways

Abstract Acrasids are amoebae with the capacity to form multicellular fruiting bodies in a process known as aggregative multicellularity (AGM). This makes acrasids the only known example of multicellularity among the earliest branches of eukaryotes (the former Excavata). Here, we report the Acrasis...

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Main Authors: Sanea Sheikh, Cheng-Jie Fu, Matthew W. Brown, Sandra L. Baldauf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54029-z