The Gonium pectorale genome demonstrates co-option of cell cycle regulation during the evolution of multicellularity
Hanschen E, Marriage T, Ferris P, Hamaji T, Toyoda A, Fujiyama A, Neme R, Noguchi H, Minakuchi Y, Suzuki M, Kawai-Toyooka H, Smith D, Sparks H, Anderson J, Bakarić R, Luria V, Karger A, Kirschner M, Durand P, Michod R, Nozaki H, Olson B. The Gonium pectorale genome demonstrates co-option of cell cycle regulation during the evolution of multicellularity. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11370. PMID: 27102219, PMCID: PMC4844696, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolution of multicellularityCell cycle regulationCycle regulationVolvocine green algaeCell cycle regulatory pathwaysDomains of lifeGroup-level adaptationsCell cycle regulatorsGonium pectoraleEvolutionary transitionsUnicellular ChlamydomonasEvolutionary historyGreen algaeTractable systemGenome sequenceMulticellularityGenetic basisRegulatory pathwaysCycle regulatorsColonial algaInitial stepRegulationNumerous timesChlamydomonasGonium