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In total, 38 genes associated with cell-in-cell phenomena were identified, and 14 of these originated over 2.2 billion years ago, predating the common ancestor of some facultatively multicellular organisms.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

For example, the researchers found evidence of "heterospecific killing," where a cell engulfs and kills a cell of a different species, across a wide range of unicellular, facultatively multicellular, and obligate multicellular organisms.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Within this group, the remarkable ardewarans are facultatively bipedal waders that pluck fish from shallow water.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2013