Researchers Recreate Mouse from Choanoflagellate Gene that Predates Animals

Researchers Recreate Mouse from Choanoflagellate Gene that Predates Animals

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Hong Kong have created mouse stem cells capable of generating a fully developed mouse using genetic tools from a unicellular organism, with which we share a common ancestor that predates animals.

Choanoflagellate Sox can induce pluripotency in mammalian cells. Image credit: Gao et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54152-x.

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