Muscle oxygen-binding proteins circumvent anatomical limits to enhance oxygen diffusion in multicellular organisms (IMAGE)

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Muscle oxygen-binding proteins circumvent anatomical limits to enhance oxygen diffusion in multicellular organisms

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Fluorescently labeled mitochondria indicate the depth of oxygen diffusion in a multicellular yeast cluster.

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Taken by Whitney Wong and modified by Anthony Burnetti from Wong W et al., 2025, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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