Rapid repurposing of microvillar content drives a flagellate-to-amoeboid switch in the closest relative of animals
Maite Freire-Delgado, Diede de Haan, Stéphane Tachon, Anastasia D. Gazi, Mylan Ansel, Eva K. Pillai, Marvin Albert, Chantal Combredet, Audrey Salles, Jean-Yves Tinévez, Thibaut Brunet
This study identifies rapid cytoskeletal remodeling in choanoflagellates during a flagellate-to-amoeboid switch, driven by microvillar retraction and actin cortex formation.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology