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Multicellular

Definition

adjective

Having or consisting of many cells or more than one cell to perform all vital functions.


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Examples of organisms that are multicellular are humans, animals and plants.


Word origin: L, comb. form of multus much, many + NL cellulāris, equiv. to cellul(a) live cell.
Related forms: multicellularity (noun)

Compare: unicellular


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Flaws of Life in a Tube

... forms of life came from the sea as a result of the chemical slosh (chemical revolution). It sais that prokaryotes developed, then eukaryotes, then multicellular eukaryotes (biological revolution). This is found in my Miller science book. Obviously, this is the origin of life. And tagging off of ...

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by Tomn
Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:07 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Flaws of Life in a Tube
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Views: 72

How did collective animals evolve genetically?

A number of animals such as ants, jellyfish, sponges, slime mold slugs and even we humans are multicellular colonies or live as social groups. Is that explained through genetic evolution? How?

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by charles brough
Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: How did collective animals evolve genetically?
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Re: Help in identifying growth

... like to know please. My guess was a Chlorophyte (green alga). Chlorophytes are usually unicellular, whereas charophytes can form colonies, or multicellular bodies, with usually multinucleate filaments. So I would agree with alzari and say it is probably a charophyte.

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by aptitude
Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:56 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Help in identifying growth
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Multicellular prokaryote

Now this is an innocent question. Do you know of a multicellular prokaryote?

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by Adz795
Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:43 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Multicellular prokaryote
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Theories - Origin of Life

... was about a half billion years ago, the creator - Vendian biont large aerobic unicellular ameboid, who built a very complex civilized society - a multicellular organism Myxomycetes). Some terrestrial civilization can not leave behind a "relic" - coelenterates, sponges (archeocyathids), ...

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by LeoPol
Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:29 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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