Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Velle, Katrina B.
• Fritz-Laylin, Lillian K.

Titel

Evolutionary cell biology: Closest unicellular relatives of animals crawl when squeezed

Ist Teil von

• Current biology, 2021-04, Vol.31 (7), p.R353-R355

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cell motility is critical for animal biology, but its evolutionary history is unclear. A new study reports blebbing motility — a form of cell crawling — in the closest living relative of animals, suggesting that the unicellular ancestors of animals could crawl. Cell motility is critical for animal biology, but its evolutionary history is unclear. A new study reports blebbing motility — a form of cell crawling — in the closest living relative of animals, suggesting that the unicellular ancestors of animals could crawl.