⟳ Репост от Pawel Burkhardt
Ruibao's first paper from the lab is out in @nature.com . www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Collab with @multicellgenome.bsky.social & @jennahed.bsky.social. How did cells stick together and form the first animals? The protist Ministeria suggests cellular aggregation had a role. @iuqcb.bsky.social
A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins - NatureAggregative multicellularity was key to the evolution of the multicellular animal genetic toolkit.www.nature.com