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- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
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- Protist diversity and phylogeny
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2025
Abstract Coloniality is a widespread growth form in cnidarians, tunicates, and bryozoans, among others. Colonies function as single physiological units despite their modular structure of zooids supporting tissues. A key question how structurally functionally distinct colony parts are generated. In the cnidarian Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus , colonies consist (polyps) interconnected by stolons attached to substrate. Using single-cell transcriptomics, we profiled ~200,000 cells, including two...
10.1038/s41467-025-57168-z
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Nature Communications
2025-03-03
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