A sticky solution
Selection favours single-celled mutants that stick together when a sugar needed for growth is in short supply, suggesting that multicellular life may have evolved as a by-product of selection for more efficient usage of resources.
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| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2013-04-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/00655 |