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 ...

A multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, may have finally unlocked the secrets behind the evolution of different sexes. Scientists have shown that the genetic region that determines sex in Volvox ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Researchers have presented the 138-million-nucleotide genome of the multicellular alga Volvox carteri. Scientists are researching the complex mechanisms present in photosynthetic organisms to better ...

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 variety of colonial species ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...