Emergence of multicellularity in a model of cell growth, death and aggregation under size-dependent selection

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 102, 2015, Pages

  Duran Nebreda, Salva ^a,b   Solé, Ricard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial evolution; Major transitions; Multicellularity

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION;

ADHESION RATE; ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; CLUSTER SIZES; MULTICELLULARITY; SIMPLE MODELING; SIZE DEPENDENT; STABLE AGGREGATES;

CELL DEATH;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENTATION; YEAST CELL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGORITHMS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84915745631     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0982     Document Type: Article

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