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.

More information: Trang Vuong et al, Metamorphosis of a unicellular green alga in the presence of acetate and a spatially structured three‐dimensional environment, New Phytologist (2024).

serial endosymbioses involving unicellular eukaryotes, not necessarily red algae (Archibald 2009; Bodyl, Stiller, & Mackiewicz 2009; Baurain et al. 2010). Experimental evidence for this hypothesis ...

The researchers explored key evolutionary milestones, including the transition from unicellular to multicellular forms and the integration of viral sequences into brown algae genomes—an area ...

The researchers explored key evolutionary milestones, including the transition from unicellular to multicellular forms and the integration of viral sequences into brown algae genomes—an area ...

Amid this, there are various unicellular organisms which exist ... These organisms can survive in a broad range of environments. Algae is a eukaryotic organism, and one of the unique types ...

Diatoms, unicellular microalgae, stand out for their ability to convert ... The marked seasons in these regions compel these algae to adjust their behavior to changes in light. Using data from the ...

A single bacterium consists of just one cell. Not all bacteria are harmful. There are different unicellular organisms and types of bacteria. Yeast are unicellular fungi. They are used by brewers ...

We are investigating cell biological processes in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This unicellular green alga is a popular model organism for research of chloroplast biogenesis and ...

Although some lineages or clades are entirely unicellular or multicellular ... of body plans (e.g., chlorophycean and charophycean algae). Species-rich, late-divergent persistent (LDP) lineages ...