Overview
- The study focused on Chromosphaera perkinsii, a unicellular organism discovered in 2017, which predates animals by over a billion years.
- Scientists found that C. perkinsii forms multicellular colonies resembling early animal embryos.
- This behavior suggests that the genetic framework for egg development existed before animals evolved.
- The research implies that multicellular development mechanisms may have evolved independently in C. perkinsii.
- Published in Nature, the study provides new insights into the transition from unicellular to multicellular life.