Choanoflagellate: <I>Monosiga brevicollis</I> (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Choanoflagellate: <I>Monosiga brevicollis</I>

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University of Texas at Austin researchers discovered the genes for sodium channels that occur in animal neurons in the single-celled choanoflagellate, Monosiga brevicollis, showing that the sodium channels evolved before neurons.

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Mark J. Dayel, University of California, Berkeley.

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