Organizational requirements for multicellular autonomy: insights from a comparative case study

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-884

  Arnellos, Argyris ^a   Moreno, Alvaro ^a   Ruiz Mirazo, Kepa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Development; Epigenetics; Functional integration; Mechanisms; Multicellularity; Organism; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECHINODERM; ONTOGENY; STANDARD (REGULATION); THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84911006748     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9387-x     Document Type: Article

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