How contraction has shaped evolution.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31724951.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.52805 and PMC identifier 6855799.
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Abstract
Two unicellular relatives of animals reveal that coordinated contractions of groups of cells using actomyosin predated animal multicellularity during evolution.
Medical subject headings
- Actin Cytoskeleton
- Actomyosin