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Mysterious New Organism Found in Mono Lake Could Rewrite the History of Life


Berkeley scientists have discovered a new choanoflagellate species in Mono Lake that forms multicellular colonies and hosts a microbiome, offering new perspectives on the evolution of multicellular organisms. The salty, arsenic- and cyanide-laced waters of the Eastern Sierra Nevada’s Mono Lake is

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