Thursday, July 03, 2008

New Evidence That Ancient Choanoflagellates' Form Evolutionary Link Between Single-Celled And Multi-Celled Organisms

ScienceDaily -- What do humans and single-celled choanoflagellates have in common? More than you'd think. New research into the choanoflagellate genome shows these ancient organisms have similar levels of proteins that cells in more complex organisms, including humans, use to communicate with each other.

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