A widely held—but rarely tested—hypothesis for the origin of animals is that they evolved from a unicellular ancestor, with an apical cilium surrounded by a microvillar collar, that structurally resembled modern sponge choanocytes and choanoflagellates1–4. Here we test this view of animal origins by comparing the transcriptomes, fates and behaviours of the three primary sponge cell…
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Nature – An analysis of 15 ancient genomes from individuals dating to AD 1670–1950 from Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) addresses questions about…
Nature – Twenty years of publishing data across many countries and disciplines show women are more likely than men to leave research.
Nature Medicine – This participant-level pooled analysis of the three phase 3 trials that have tested the non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone in patients with…
