Cell-in-cell phenomena across the tree of life

Abstract Cells in obligately multicellular organisms by definition have aligned fitness interests, minimum conflict, and cannot reproduce independently. However, some cells eat other cells within the same body, sometimes called cell cannibalism. Such cell-in-cell events have not been thoroughly disc...

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Main Authors: Stefania E. Kapsetaki, Luis H. Cisneros, Carlo C. Maley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57528-7