How does multicellularity evolve? Scientists who study a family of green algae that includes unicellular Chlamydomonas and multicellular Volvox are beginning to find answers to this question.

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An organism discovered near Hawaii is intriguing researchers. Its behavior could significantly alter our understanding of the origins of multicellular life on Earth. Chromosphaera perkinsii, a ...

Macroalgae live in both fresh and seawater and are complex multicellular organisms with distinct organs and tissues, in ...

Although some lineages or clades are entirely unicellular ... and charophycean algae). Species-rich, late-divergent persistent (LDP) lineages tend to be exclusively multicellular (e.g., the ...

In a study titled "A transcriptomic hourglass in brown algae," published in Nature, the research team investigated whether the hourglass pattern observed in animals, plants, and fungi also exists ...

This is a photo of a desmid, a unicellular charophyte green algae that has lost all traces of flagella in its life cycle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...