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Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea


Anoxic live-cell imaging shows actin-dependent crawling motility and dynamic protrusions in Asgard archaea, providing insights into cellular innovations that may have contributed to eukaryotic evolution.

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