Regulation of sedimentation rate shapes the evolution of multicellularity in a unicellular relative of animals.
O. Dudin, S. Wielgoss, A. M. New, I. Ruiz-Trillo
This study shows that sedimentation rate varies widely among Sphaeroforma species and can evolve through cellular mechanisms like clumping and nuclear doubling, influencing multicellularity.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2021Evolutionary Biology