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Aug 2026
A single-cell transcriptomic atlas reveals the emergence of medusa-specific cell states in the scyphozoan Aurelia coerulea
The life cycle of most medusozoan cnidarians is marked by the metagenesis from the asexually reproducing sessile polyp and the sexually reproducing motile medusa. At present, it is unknown to what extent this drastic morphological transformation is accompanied by molecular changes in the cell type composition. Here, we...
Oliver Link, Stefan M. Jahnel, Kristin Janicek et al.
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