Evolution of irreversible somatic differentiation

A key innovation emerging in complex animals is irreversible somatic differentiation: daughters of a vegetative cell perform a vegetative function as well, thus, forming a somatic lineage that can no longer be directly involved in reproduction. Primitive species use a different strategy: vegetative...

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Main Authors: Yuanxiao Gao, Hye Jin Park, Arne Traulsen, Yuriy Pichugin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/66711