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ArticleNature2026

Clonal-aggregative multicellularity tuned by salinity in a choanoflagellate.

Núria Ros-Rocher, Josean Reyes-Rivera, Uzuki Horo, Chantal Combredet, Yeganeh Foroughijabbari, Ben T Larson, Maxwell C Coyle, Erik A T Houtepen, Mark J A Vermeij, Jacob L Steenwyk and 1 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Núria Ros-Rocher *Evolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR3691, Paris, France. nuria.ros@pasteur.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-0897-0186
Josean Reyes-Rivera *Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. josean.reyesrivera@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0445-7908
Uzuki HoroEvolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR3691, Paris, France.ORCID 0009-0001-1751-5487
Chantal CombredetEvolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR3691, Paris, France.
Yeganeh ForoughijabbariEvolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR3691, Paris, France.
Ben T LarsonHoward Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Maxwell C CoyleHoward Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-8874-4699
Erik A T HoutepenCaribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity foundation (CARMABI), Willemstad, Curaçao.
Mark J A VermeijCaribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity foundation (CARMABI), Willemstad, Curaçao.
Jacob L SteenwykHoward Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8436-595X
Thibaut BrunetEvolutionary Cell Biology and Evolution of Morphogenesis Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, CNRS UMR3691, Paris, France. thibaut.brunet@pasteur.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-1843-1613

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicellularity evolved independently multiple times in eukaryotes

Indexed as

Cell AggregationChoanoflagellataAnimalsCell MovementClone CellsSalinity

Identifiers

PMID41741645
PMCPMC13017551

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