Volvox and volvocine green algae

@burnsajohn Hmm, although the outer shell seems acellular, it looks a bit like Volvox: https://t.co/Be0asdzIZi

@josephus77 @vineettiruvadi @crisprbird @jeslop013 @SteveStuWill It's interesting. I found a review saying their starting alga (C. reinhardtii) is part of a group that represent different steps toward multicellurity - including an inarguable multicellular

The one of the most important evolutionary change in all of history would be when a unicellular organism evolves into a multicellular organism. Researchers are still investigating somatic cell fate, and it all starts with the literature of green algae. h

RT @EvoDevo_BMC: EvoDevo's Collection on Emerging Systems just published "Volvox and volvocine green algae" by James G. Umen https://t.co…