Experimental evolution of an alternating uni- and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

The transition to multicellularity enabled the evolution of large, complex organisms, but early steps in this transition remain poorly understood. Here we show that multicellular complexity, including development from a single cell, can evolve rapidly in a unicellular organism that has never had a m...

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Autores principales: Ratcliff, William C., Herron, Matthew D., Howell, Kathryn, Pentz, Jennifer T., Rosenzweig, Frank, Travisano, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3831279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24193369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3742

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3831279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24193369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3742

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