The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg! (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

The egg or the chicken? An ancient unicellular says egg!

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Images of the multicellular development of the ichthyosporean Chromosphaera perkinsii, a close cousin of animals. In red, the membranes and in blue the nuclei with their DNA. The image was obtained using expansion microscopy.

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© O. Dudin - UNIGE

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