Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity

The evolution of multicellular life is hypothesized to have been promoted by rising oxygen levels. Through experimental evolution and modeling, Bozdag et al. demonstrate that our planet’s first oxygenation would have strongly constrained, not promoted, the evolution of multicellular life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Ozan Bozdag, Eric Libby, Rozenn Pineau, Christopher T. Reinhard, William C. Ratcliff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23104-0