Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system
Published in Cell, 2021
Recommended citation: Bruckner, A. et. al. "Evolutionary assembly of cooperating cell types in an animal chemical defense system." Cell. http://rlearsch.github.io/files/Learsch_Evolutionary-assembly_2021.pdf
The rove beetle defense gland is the result of coevolution between two secretory cell types that work together to produce a chemical cocktail, illuminating how cell types evolve cooperative interactions generating organ-level behaviors. Download paper here