Volvox is a gorgeous and deceptively challenging hand-drawn puzzle game from indie developer Neotenia that is sure to please indie puzzle game fans.

(A) Young Volvox adult, with about 2,000 small somatic cells in a monolayer at the surface, and nineteen large gonidia embedded in the extracellular matrix (ECM), just under the somatic cell layer.

Volvox is a spherical alga with about 2,000 cells and two cell types, into which the swimming and reproductive functions of the Chlamydomonas unicell have been segregated.

To gather data for the comparative genomic analysis, the researchers sequenced the 138 million base pair Volvox genome using a whole genome shotgun strategy. The genome itself is 17% larger than ...

Ancestors of the alga Volvox made the transition from the solitary life of a single-celled organism to that of a multicellular colony much earlier than previously thought, according to new ...

A multicellular green alga, Volvox carteri, may have finally unlocked the secrets behind the evolution of different sexes. A team led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ...

Volvox, which designs, sources and supplies products including bulbs, fog lamps, train and bus lights and jump leads, has been sold to Elysian Capital.