/eps/taxonomy/term/209/all en /eps/channels/news/origin-complex-life-form-revealed-324170 <p>Researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº have revealed the steps by which two very distinct organisms – bacteria and carpenter ants – have come to depend on one another for survival to become a single complex life form. The study, published today in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2653-6"><i>Nature</i></a><i>, </i>shows that the two species have collaborated to radically alter the development of the ant embryo to allow this integration to happen. Understanding how such grand unifications originate and evolve is a major puzzle for biologists.</p> Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:47:29 +0000 kristyn.rodzinyak@mcgill.ca 1347 at /eps