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Bacterial Complexity Revises Ideas About ‘Which Came First?’

By Jordana Cepelewicz
June 12, 2019
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Contrary to popular belief, bacteria have organelles too. Scientists are now studying them for insights into how complex cells evolved.

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Researchers Rethink the Ancestry of Complex Cells

By Christie Wilcox
April 9, 2019
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New studies revise ideas about the symbiosis that gave mitochondria to cells and about whether the last common ancestor of all eukaryotes was one cell or many.

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Biologists Discover Unknown Powers in Mighty Mitochondria

By Diana Kwon
March 18, 2019
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Mitochondria are most famous as sources of metabolic energy. But by splitting and combining, they can also release chemical signals to regulate cell activities, including the generation of neurons.

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The Secret Power of the Cell’s Waste Bin

By Esther Landhuis
April 25, 2017
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Trash collectors in the cell moonlight at the controls of the genetic machinery.


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