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The evolution of germ-soma nuclear differentiation in eukaryotic unicells.
Current biology : CB - 18 May 2020
Cheng Chao-Yin, Orias Eduardo, Leu Jun-Yi, Turkewitz Aaron P
Abstract excerpt
In this primer, Cheng et al. outline what we know about the nature and control of differentiation of germline versus somatic nuclei in two groups of protozoa: the Ciliates and Foraminifera. This is shown to involve a remarkable variety of developmentally programmed phenomena such as genome editing mediated epigenetically by RNA, as well differential nuclear import.
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