Biophysically, this suggests that a unicellular organism can evolve a way to maintain the physical integrity of a larger size. That’s intriguing because large size and differentiation have been ...

Dr. Qi and colleagues now extend the range of miRNAs into unicellular organisms, with their discovery of a large number of miRNAs in green algae. The researchers showed that unicellular miRNAs ...

Amid this, there are various unicellular organisms which ... The reproduction of these organisms is primarily asexual. A single, large bubble cell divides to form smaller bubbles, which can ...

Often, bacteria use sticky molecules to anchor themselves to a surface, growing in large, stable collectives called biofilms ... a life cycle far more complex than is usually seen in unicellular ...

However, a research team at the University of Jena has discovered prokaryotic bacteria that can eat other cells. The team reports on this surprising discovery in the scientific journal mBio.

“The general view is that animals evolved from a unicellular organism ... “The transition from being a single cell to a multicellular organism is a really big step,” Gerdt said. “We now have a better ...

The first life forms to appear on Earth were unicellular, i.e., composed of a single cell, such as yeast or bacteria. Later, animals—multicellular organisms—evolved, developing from a single ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... Chromosphaera perkinsii, a unicellular organism found in Hawaii, first appeared at least one billion years ago ...