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CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 42-47Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2016.05.016
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- Anne Warner endowed Fellowship through the Marine Biological Association of the UK
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Choanoflagellates are the closest single-celled relatives of animals and provide fascinating insights into developmental processes in animals. Two species, the choanoflagellates Monosiga brevicollis and Salpingoeca rosetta are emerging as promising model organisms to reveal the evolutionary origin of key animal innovations. In this review, we highlight how choanoflagellates are used to study the origin of multicellularity in animals. The newly available genomic resources and functional techniques provide important insights into the function of choanoflagellate pre-and postsynaptic proteins, cell-cell adhesion and signaling molecules and the evolution of animal filopodia and thus underscore the relevance of choanoflagellate models for evolutionary biology, neurobiology and cell biology research.
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