Protists represent a remarkably diverse group of unicellular and simple multicellular eukaryotes that occupy a broad spectrum of ecological niches. Recent advances have greatly enhanced our ...

Scientists testing a new method of sequencing single cells have unexpectedly changed our understanding of the rules of genetics. The genome of a protist has revealed a seemingly unique divergence in ...

Researchers studied in detail the strange protist Meteora sporadica, which swings its two lateral arms back and forth. The results of the study indicated that M. sporadica has a complex cytoskeleton ...