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Choanoflagellata

Known as: Choanoflagellates, Choanozoa, Choanoflagellida 
An order of stalked, sessile, single-celled EUKARYOTES. They are considered the transitional link between the flagellated protozoa and the SPONGES… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
A bacterial sulfonolipid triggers multicellular development in the closest living relatives of animals
Bacterially-produced small molecules exert profound influences on animal health, morphogenesis, and evolution through poorly… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Thousands of Rab GTPases for the Cell Biologist
Rab proteins are small GTPases that act as essential regulators of vesicular trafficking. 44 subfamilies are known in humans… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
The Evolution of Extracellular Matrix
We present a perspective on the molecular evolution of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in metazoa that draws on research… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Ancient origin of the integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling machinery
The evolution of animals (metazoans) from their unicellular ancestors required the emergence of novel mechanisms for cell… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Multigene Phylogeny of Choanozoa and the Origin of Animals
Animals are evolutionarily related to fungi and to the predominantly unicellular protozoan phylum Choanozoa, together known as… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Mitochondrial genome of Trichoplax adhaerens supports placozoa as the basal lower metazoan phylum.
Mitochondrial genomes of multicellular animals are typically 15- to 24-kb circular molecules that encode a nearly identical set… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Myosin domain evolution and the primary divergence of eukaryotes
Eukaryotic cells have two contrasting cytoskeletal and ciliary organizations. The simplest involves a single cilium-bearing… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The class mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary.
When the enigmatic fish pathogen, the rosette agent, was first found to be closely related to the choanoflagellates, no one… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Closest Unicellular Relatives of Animals
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Oceanic 18S rDNA sequences from picoplankton reveal unsuspected eukaryotic diversity
Picoplankton—cells with a diameter of less than 3 µm—are the dominant contributors to both primary production and biomass in open… 
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