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Asgard Archaea Exhibit Actin-Dependent Crawling Motility

Live-cell imaging reveals that Asgard archaea use dynamic protrusions for crawling, suggesting this motility mechanism predates eukaryotic evolution.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 30 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

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  1. Dynamic protrusions mediate crawling motility in Asgard archaea Nature ·
  2. Asgard archaea suggest crawling motility may be far older than previously thought Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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