Before the endless forms: embodied model of transition from single cells to aggregates to ecosystem engineering.

The emergence of complex multicellular systems and their associated developmental programs is one of the major problems of evolutionary biology. The advantages of cooperation over individuality seem well known but it is not clear yet how such increase of complexity emerged from unicellular life form...

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Main Authors: Ricard V Solé, Sergi Valverde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3626615?pdf=render