Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Gene duplication leads to novel cell type (Current Biol) 8:32
- Evolution of multicellularity (TWiEVO 11) 11:08
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