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ArticleNature2026

A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins.

Ruibao Li, Jennah E Dharamshi, Kyle Kwok, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, Joseph P Gerdt

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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 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ruibao Li *Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Jennah E Dharamshi *Department of Organismal Biology, Systematic Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4563-3939
Kyle KwokDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5835-9683
Iñaki Ruiz-TrilloInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain. inaki.ruiz@ibe.upf-csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-5304
Joseph P GerdtDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. jpgerdt@iu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-4110

Funding

Elucidation of the first interspecies chemical signaling mechanisms in Capsaspora owczarzaki--the predator of a human pathogen and a model for the evolution of animal multicellularityR35GM138376 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Joseph P. Gerdt · 2020 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How animals evolved complex multicellularity from their unicellular ancestors remains unanswered. Unicellular relatives of animals exhibit simple multicellularity through clonal division, formation of multinucleate coenocytes or aggregation

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Biological EvolutionCell AggregationChoanoflagellataAnimalsKinetics

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PMID42265479
PMCPMC13366479

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