Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality
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Bacterial Ventures into Multicellularity: Collectivism through Individuality
Multicellular eukaryotes can perform functions that exceed the possibilities of an individual cell. These functions emerge through interactions between differentiated cells that are precisely arranged in space. Bacteria also form multicellular collectives that consist of differentiated but genetically identical cells. How does the functionality of these collectives depend on the spatial arrange...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002162