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Nature Communications, 2023 The evolutionary transition from unicellularity to multicellularity was a key innovation in the history of life. Experimental evolution is an important tool to study the formation of undifferentiated cellular clusters, the likely first step of this ...
Yashraj Chavhan +2 more
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The Curious Case of Multicellularity in the Volvocine Algae
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 The evolution of multicellularity is a major evolutionary transition that underlies the radiation of many species in all domains of life, especially in eukaryotes.
Berenice Jiménez-Marín +2 more
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The Gonium pectorale genome demonstrates co-option of cell cycle regulation during the evolution of multicellularity [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 The undifferentiated Gonium pectorale represents the initial transition to multicellularity. Here, Bradley Olson, Erik Hanschen and colleagues describe the genome of Gonium pectorale, demonstrating that co-option of the retinoblastoma cell cycle ...
Erik R. Hanschen +21 more
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Understanding Multicellularity: The Functional Organization of the Intercellular Space [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 The aim of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework to understand how multicellular systems realize functionally integrated physiological entities by organizing their intercellular space. From a perspective centered on physiology and integration,
Bich, Leonardo +2 more
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The rosetteless gene controls development in the choanoflagellate S. rosetta [PDF]
eLife, 2014 The origin of animal multicellularity may be reconstructed by comparing animals with one of their closest living relatives, the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta.
Tera C Levin +3 more
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Evolution of multicellularity by collective integration of spatial information
eLife, 2020 At the origin of multicellularity, cells may have evolved aggregation in response to predation, for functional specialisation or to allow large-scale integration of environmental cues.
Enrico Sandro Colizzi +2 more
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Genomic sequencing reveals convergent adaptation during experimental evolution in two budding yeast species [PDF]
Communications BiologyConvergent evolution is central in the origins of multicellularity. Identifying the basis for convergent multicellular evolution is challenging because of the diverse evolutionary origins and environments involved.
Pu Wang +2 more
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Symbiotic Cell Differentiation and Cooperative Growth in Multicellular Aggregates [PDF]
, 2016 As cells grow and divide under a given environment, they become crowded and resources are limited, as seen in bacterial biofilms and multicellular aggregates.
Kaneko, Kunihiko +2 more
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Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2023 Multicellularity evolved multiple times in the history of life, with most reviewers agreeing that it appeared at least 20 times in eukaryotes. However, a specific list of multicellular eukaryotes with clear criteria for inclusion has not yet been ...
Łukasz Lamża
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Role of epigenetics in unicellular to multicellular transition in Dictyostelium
Genome Biology, 2021 Background The evolution of multicellularity is a critical event that remains incompletely understood. We use the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum, one of the rare organisms that readily transits back and forth between both unicellular and ...
Simon Yuan Wang +10 more
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