Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Shown are representatives of all major lineages of eukaryotic organisms, color coded for occurrence of multicellularity. Solid black circles indicate major lineages composed entirely of unicellular ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Bacterial multicellularity takes several phenotypically diverse forms and has independently evolved in different species. Simple bacterial multicellularity can rapidly evolve as a result of mutations ...

With the world's first complete sequencing of a brown algal genome, an international research team has made a big leap towards understanding the evolution of two key prerequisites for higher life on ...

The transition from single-celled to multicellular organisms was one of the most significant developments in the history of life on Earth. Without it, all living things would still be microscopic and ...

One of the big evolutionary questions in life is how and why single cell organisms organized themselves to live in a group, thereby forming multicellular life forms. Scientists have answered at least ...

For billions of years, single-celled creatures had the planet to themselves, floating through the oceans in solitary bliss. Some microorganisms attempted multicellular arrangements, forming small ...

An interview with the developmental biologist Cassandra Extavour on the origins of multicellular organisms and the evolution of cooperation. The developmental biologist Cassandra Extavour sings ...

If you know anything about deep history, you’ve doubtless heard something about the Cambrian Explosion, 542 million years ago (MYA), when all those trilobites showed up with their animal body plans.