An early and anaerobic scenario for the transition to undifferentiated multicellularity

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Aledo, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Cooperation; Energetic metabolism; Glycolysis; Metazoan evolution

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTILITY; ENERGY; GAME; GLYCOLYSIS; METAZOON; MODEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRECAMBRIAN; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION; GLYCOLYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

METAZOA;

EID: 50249178526     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9128-y     Document Type: Article

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