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The nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio drives #cellularization in the close animal relative #Sphaeroforma arctica https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00307-X #protists #multicellularity
#cellularization #sphaeroforma #protists #multicellularity
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!
#cellularization #cytokinesis #coenocyte #multinucleated #animal #sphaeroforma #ichthyosporean