Evolution of Multicellularity and Cellular Differentiation in the Volvocine Algae
The evolution of multicellularity is an example of an evolutionary transition in individuality, in which a group of lower-level biological units (cells, in this case) emerges as a higher-level unit (the multicellular organism) with its own fitness, heritability and individuality. The volvocine green...
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The University of Arizona.
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196054 |