Periodic Reporting for period 1 - FlexAggon (Evolutionary origin of cell adhesion: the basis of multicellularity in the choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa)

Cell adhesion is a signature feature of animal multicellularity. Animal cells control and maintain stable cellular connections through direct or indirect contacts between cells using surface transmembrane receptors known as cell-adhesion molecules (CAMs). The activity of most...