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Tonian carbonaceous compressions indicate that Horodyskia is one of the oldest multicellular and coenocytic macro-organisms
Macrofossils with unambiguous biogenic origin and predating the one-billion-year-old multicellular fossils Bangiomorpha and Proterocladus interpreted...
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Looking outside the box: a comparative cross-kingdom view on the cell biology of the three major lineages of eukaryotic multicellular life
Many cell biological facts that can be found in dedicated scientific textbooks are based on findings originally made in humans and/or other mammals,...
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Three faces of biofilms: a microbial lifestyle, a nascent multicellular organism, and an incubator for diversity
Biofilms are organised heterogeneous assemblages of microbial cells that are encased within a self-produced matrix. Current estimates suggest that up...
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On Holobionts, Holospecies, and Holoniches: the Role of Microbial Symbioses in Ecology and Evolution
My goal in writing this is to increase awareness of the roles played by microbial symbionts in eukaryote ecology and evolution. Most eukaryotes host...
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Ciliary transition zone evolution and the root of the eukaryote tree: implications for opisthokont origin and classification of kingdoms Protozoa, Plantae, and Fungi
I thoroughly discuss ciliary transition zone (TZ) evolution, highlighting many overlooked evolutionarily significant ultrastructural details. I...
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The Origin of Eukaryotic Cells and Multicellular Organisms
First signs of life on EarthEarth were most probably in the form of unicellular organisms that rapidly diverged into different types while adapting...
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Role of epigenetics in unicellular to multicellular transition in Dictyostelium
BackgroundThe evolution of multicellularity is a critical event that remains incompletely understood. We use the social amoeba, Dictyostelium...
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The micronuclear histone H3 clip** in the unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena thermophila
Clip** of the histone H3 N-terminal tail has been implicated in multiple fundamental biological processes for a growing list of eukaryotes. H3...
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Post-cellular biotic evolution in a nutshell
The minimum requirements for post-cellular evolution from prokaryotes towards multicellular eukaryotes are outlined. The main steps are: formation of...
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A one-billion-year-old multicellular chlorophyte
Chlorophytes (representing a clade within the Viridiplantae and a sister group of the Streptophyta) probably dominated marine export bioproductivity...
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The Effects of Decompression and Subsequent Re-compression on the Activity of Deep-Sea Animals and Eukaryote Cells. The Isobaric Collection of Deep-Sea Animals
In this chapter, we focus on the activity of deep-sea animals and their response to lower, and to higher, than normal pressures. Deep-sea Eukaryote...
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Single-cell adaptations shape evolutionary transitions to multicellularity in green algae
The evolution of multicellular life has played a pivotal role in sha** biological diversity. However, we know surprisingly little about the natural...
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Phenoptosis and the Various Types of Natural Selection
AbstractIn the first description of evolution, the fundamental mechanism is the natural selection favoring the individuals best suited for survival...
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Origin of Life and Glycan
The origin of life is dependent on biodiversity, which is the pathway of evolution. Organism evolution is intricately connected with glycan...
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The Evolution of Multicellularity
Because of surface-to-volume constraints, larger size entailed multicellularity and ultimately internal transport systems. This in turn required that...
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Systematic evaluation of horizontal gene transfer between eukaryotes and viruses
Gene exchange between viruses and their hosts acts as a key facilitator of horizontal gene transfer and is hypothesized to be a major driver of...
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Ribosomal RNA-Depletion Provides an Efficient Method for Successful Dual RNA-Seq Expression Profiling of a Marine Sponge Holobiont
Investigations of host-symbiont interactions can benefit enormously from a complete and reliable holobiont gene expression profiling. The most...
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Endosymbioses: Origin and Diversity of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes and Their General Genetic Exchange Modes
It was through endosymbiosis that an archaeal host incorporated a free-living proteobacterium.
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Comparative genomics and gene finding in fungi
In the spring of 2005, we had access to 18 fully sequenced fungal genomes, and more are coming rapidly. New approaches and methods are being...
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Global patterns and rates of habitat transitions across the eukaryotic tree of life
The successful colonization of new habitats has played a fundamental role during the evolution of life. Salinity is one of the strongest barriers for...
