📚 noun • entry_id 47817
choanoflagellate
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coanoflagelado
Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
Choanoflagellates are plankton: tiny protozoans that feed on even tinier bacteria.
Detailed studies showed that the sponge and the cells of a protist called a choanoflagellate used a different set of genes and proteins to build similar-looking structures.
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