Experimental evolution of multicellularity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1595-1600

  Ratcliff, William C ^a   Denison, R Ford ^a   Borrello, Mark ^a   Travisano, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Cooperation; Individuality; Macro evolution; Major transitions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CYTOLOGY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTICELLULARITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPAGULE; REPRODUCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

PROTISTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84857136561     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115323109     Document Type: Article

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