"... in the closing line of Darwin's ', he remarked on 'endless forms most beautiful', and he was referring to the incredible diversity of s ... much of his research and thinking had to with trying to understand: How do we get this diversity of s? And, there's been a great deal of progress in this regard, largely from the work of s, s, and s working together to try to understand what are molecular mechanistic underpinnings of the diversification of animal body plans. ... Animals are united by their shared ancestry. They all share a common ancestor … And, in fact, we know relatively little about the nature of that organism."
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Nicole King
(born 1970) is an American , known for her research on animal origins and host-microbe interactions, especially in connection with s. She was elected in 2021 an Associe Étranger of the Académie des Sciences (), in 2022 a Member of the U.S. , and in 2023 a Fellow of the .
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