| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10932174 | Developmental Biology | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Ichthyosporean Creolimax fragrantissima is a model to study the origin of multicellularity. ⺠We succeeded in transforming C. fragrantissima by electroporation. ⺠We silenced gene expression by siRNA and Morpholino in C. fragrantissima cells. ⺠Growing C. fragrantissima cells are syncytia where nuclei divide synchronously. ⺠Ichthyosporean colony formation suggests a strategy of multicellularity evolution.
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Authors
Hiroshi Suga, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo,