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