«Ceci n’est pas un embryon» nor an organoid for the matter

This is a close animal relative, the #Ichthyosporean Sphaeroforma arctica.

We are thrilled to have our new story out in @CurrentBiology

LINK: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222300307X?dgcid=author

Buckle up for a quick🧵

#invertedLUTs @christlet

Here you have the life-cycle of the #ichthyosporean #Sphaeroforma arctica! A close #animal relative that develops as a #multinucleated #coenocyte in which synchronous rounds of nuclear duplication occur without #cytokinesis, followed by #cellularization and release!