The Scientist : Primitive microbe enlightens evolution [21/12/2001]

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20011221-03

21 December 2001

Choanoflagellates are primitive microorganisms whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals (metazoans). In December 18 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nicole King and Sean Carroll from University of Wisconsin show for the first time that single-celled choanoflagellates have a receptor tyrosine kinase that is not found in other eukaryotes and that may be linked to the origin of metazoa.

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