choanoflagellate

[ koh-uh-noh-flaj-uh-leyt ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of choanoflagellate¹

1895–1900; < New Latin Choanoflagellata name of the order. See choanocyte, flagellata ( def )

Example Sentences

In this new research, through a set of experiments conducted in collaboration with Dr Ralf Jauch's lab in The University of Hong Kong / Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology, the team introduced choanoflagellate Sox genes into mouse cells, replacing the native Sox2 gene achieving reprogramming towards the pluripotent stem cell state.

From Science Daily

To elucidate the relationships at the base of the animal tree, the researchers assembled sequences of each chromosome for the comb jelly Bolinopsis microptera, two deep-sea sponges and three unicellular relatives of animals: a choanoflagellate, an ichthyosporean and a filasterean amoeba.

From Scientific American

In spite of the similarities to animal tissue folding, such folding in just one or possibly two choanoflagellate species means it probably evolved independently from animals using the commonly inherited apical actin-myosin ring.

From Scientific American

In this choanoflagellate, such folding at its very simplest is no less important to the survival of a little microbial oddball.

From Scientific American

"Light-regulated collective contractility in a multicellular choanoflagellate."

From Scientific American