Life cycles, fitness decoupling and the evolution of multicellularity

Nature

Volumn 515, Issue 7525, 2014, Pages 75-79

  Hammerschmidt, Katrin ^a   Rose, Caroline J ^a   Kerr, Benjamin ^b   Rainey, Paul B ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; LIFE CYCLE; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC TRAIT; INDIVIDUALITY; MULTICELLULARITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GENETIC FITNESS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84913565967     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13884     Document Type: Article

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