Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
@multicellgenome.bsky.social
Leading a research lab with Elena Casacuberta. We aim to unravel how #protists evolved into multicellular animals.
#Multicellularity #Ichthyosporea #holozoans #filastereans #development #diversity #genomes #modelsystems
https://multicellgenome.com
#Multicellularity #Ichthyosporea #holozoans #filastereans #development #diversity #genomes #modelsystems
https://multicellgenome.com
Buenísimo Sergio! & thanks! 📱🦠 But then, we have outsourcing. We argue that animals outsourced metabolic costs (losing genes for amino acids) to their food. Smartphones ffloaded data/processing to the Cloud. The goal of the analogy isn't to fit perfectly, but to show us where the new questions are!
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Buenísimo Sergio! & thanks! 📱🦠 But then, we have outsourcing. We argue that animals outsourced metabolic costs (losing genes for amino acids) to their food. Smartphones ffloaded data/processing to the Cloud. The goal of the analogy isn't to fit perfectly, but to show us where the new questions are!
Congrats Roberto!!
January 18, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Congrats Roberto!!
What was missing wasn't the parts, but the "Animal Operating System" (Animal OS). We propose the innovation was the integration and repurposing of these pre-existing components. And we use a powerful scientific tool (analogies) to maje our argument. We hope you will enjoy it!
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
What was missing wasn't the parts, but the "Animal Operating System" (Animal OS). We propose the innovation was the integration and repurposing of these pre-existing components. And we use a powerful scientific tool (analogies) to maje our argument. We hope you will enjoy it!
Think of the smartphone. It didn't appear out of nowhere. First came batteries, chips, camera, mp3, etc developed independently for years. Then came integration into one single entitity! The same happened with animals: unicellular ancestors already had most of the mechanisms to be #multicellular
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Think of the smartphone. It didn't appear out of nowhere. First came batteries, chips, camera, mp3, etc developed independently for years. Then came integration into one single entitity! The same happened with animals: unicellular ancestors already had most of the mechanisms to be #multicellular
For decades, it was thought animals arose via a rapid burst of genetic innovation. But by sequencing their closest unicellular relatives (our beloved protists), we now know most of those genes originated before animals evolved. We have tons of data on that! 😀
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
For decades, it was thought animals arose via a rapid burst of genetic innovation. But by sequencing their closest unicellular relatives (our beloved protists), we now know most of those genes originated before animals evolved. We have tons of data on that! 😀
January 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
thanks for your contribution, Will! Sad you are not here but happy you can be at home!
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
thanks for your contribution, Will! Sad you are not here but happy you can be at home!