易混淆的单词： Volvox

The gene that stops the body cells of volvox reproducing is called rega .

阻止团藻体细胞分化的基因叫做rega。

One creature that has managed the trick-separately from plants , animals and fungi , who are the real experts in the field-is an alga called volvox carteri .

一种生物达成了这件事并非植物、动物或是真菌，而是这一领域的专家一种称为volvoxcarteri的藻类。

Clearly , volvox evolved from similar algae that exist only as single cells , but until now the genetics of the process have been obscure .

显然团藻是从类似的只有单个细胞的藻类进化来的，但这个进化过程的遗传学机理迄今为止还不清楚。

When that happened , individual cells could turn their reproductive capacity on or off according to the function they served in volvox 's body .

因此个体细胞根据他们在团藻中所具有的功能打开或关闭控制繁殖能力的开关。

But volvox shows the sort of thing to look for : a gene that stops reproduction in single-celled creatures and has been co-opted to do a new job .

但团藻提示了我们应该寻找的东西：即一个能阻止单细胞生物繁殖又被指定了新任务的基因。