A conceptual framework for the evolutionary origins of multicellularity

Physical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Libby, Eric ^a   B Rainey, Paul ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878862080     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/10/3/035001     Document Type: Article

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