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The Acrasis kona genome and developmental transcriptomes reveal deep origins of eukaryotic multicellular pathways - Nature Communications Acrasis kona is a solitary amoeba which builds a multicellular fruiting body, despite being a distant relative of other multicellular eukaryotes. This study analysed A. kona’s genome and developmental...

The genome of Acrasis kona, my favorite organism, one of my first taxonomic descriptions, and my lab logo’s feature is finally out. Ecstatic to be a part of this important study of the only mutlicellular clade in Discoba. More to come out of the Acrasidae! www.nature.com/articles/s41...