Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

Cells are the smallest unit of life. Cells in multicellular plants and animals are arranged into tissues, organs and organ systems. Cells. Tissues. Organs. Organ systems. And the organism itself.

For instance, by definition every multicellular organism possesses multiple cells that remain associated following cell division. But while plant and animal species generate at least a dozen ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

If other plant species had similar photoreceptor genes ... and these include the cells of multicellular organisms. (See “Genetics Gifts” below.) A little more than a decade ago, University of Texas at ...

This highly evolved, highly orchestrated ability to make genes active or inactive—both genetically and epigenetically—is the key to the success of multicellular plants and animals, including ...

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.