Episode Details

Nels and Vincent reveal a new choanoflagellate that forms multicellular cup shaped colonies that respond to light to alternate between feeding and swimming behavior.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Microbial accomplices in multicellularity (TWiEVO 11)
• Light regulated collective contractility (Science)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiEVO 48
• Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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