Molecular clue links bacteria to the origin of animals.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00242 and PMC identifier 3465569.
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Abstract
Bacteria have a role in the formation of colonies by a species of single-celled organisms whose ancestors gave rise to the animals, which suggests that bacteria might also have influenced the origin of multicellularity in animals.
Medical subject headings
- Bacteroidetes
- Choanoflagellata
- Lipids
- Morphogenesis