A touch of EroS

(Harvard Medical School) Researchers interested in the evolution of multicellular life were looking for bacteria that stimulate Salpingoeca rosetta, single-cell saltwater dwellers that are the closest living relatives of animals, to form the rosette-shaped colonies that give them their name. But one bacterium had quite a different stimulating effect: It motivated S. rosetta to have sex.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - September 6, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news