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

Current Biology (2021) 31(7) R353-R355
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.012
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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.

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Velle, K. B., & Fritz-Laylin, L. K. (2021). Evolutionary cell biology: Closest unicellular relatives of animals crawl when squeezed. Current Biology, 31(7), R353–R355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.012

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