How does multicellularity evolve? Scientists who study a family of green algae that includes unicellular Chlamydomonas and multicellular Volvox are beginning to find answers to this question. Before ...

It’s Mother’s Day, and São Paulo-born, Buffalo-raised DJ Volvox, aka Ariana Paoletti, is treating the headsy listeners of NTS Radio, and regulars at their Gillet Square HQ, to an early-bird cocktail ...

With such a variety to puzzle games over the years, it’s always fun and interesting to find something that’s new. Enter Volvox, a curious hand-drawn game about guiding three-sided “Trimoebas” across ...

(A) The function of glsA appears to have been co-opted without change from an unknown function in the unicellular ancestor of Volvox, so that it is now part of a pathway (shaded green) that is ...

Volvox aka Ariana Paoletti is a São Paolo-born, New York City-based DJ, promoter, and one of the key figures of NYC's queer techno party Unter. Raised on rave culture during her formative years in ...

La Jolla, CA-A multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, may have finally unlocked the secrets behind the evolution of different sexes. A team led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ...

Throughout evolution, living things have repeatedly developed physically distinct sexes, but how does this actually happen? A discovery in the multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, has revealed ...

Researchers have captured the first 3-D video of a living algal embryo turning itself inside out, from a sphere to a mushroom shape and back again. The results could help unravel the mechanical ...

Some algae have been hanging together rather than going it alone much longer than previously thought, according to new research. Ancestors of Volvox algae made the transition from being a ...

VIEWED from humanity's lofty heights, single-celled creatures are the scum of the earth. In reality, though, almost all living things are unicellular, and with good reason. Multicellularity requires ...

The Evolution of Volvox The volvocine algae are a model system for studying the evolution of multicellularity, as the group contains extant species ranging from the unicellular Chlamydomonas to a ...

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