ArticleEcology and evolution2018
Exploring the evolution of multicellularity in
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Permissive aggregative group formation favors coexistence between cooperators and defectors in yeast.The ISME journal · 2022Article
- Adaptation and phenotypic diversification of Bacillus thuringiensis biofilm are accompanied by fuzzy spreader morphotypes.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2022Article
- Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae.BMC biology · 2021Article
- ForestEcology and evolution · 2021Article
- Exploring the evolution of multicellularity inEcology and evolution · 2018Article
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Abstract
There have been over 25 independent unicellular to multicellular evolutionary transitions, which have been transformational in the complexity of life. All of these transitions likely occurred in communities numerically dominated by unicellular organisms, mostly bacteria. Hence, it is reasonable to expect that bacteria were involved in generating the ecological conditions that promoted the stability and proliferation of the first multicellular forms as protective units. In this study, we addressed this problem by analyzing the occurrence of multicellularity in an experimental phylogeny of yeasts (
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