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Dictionary » M » Multicellularity MulticellularityDefinition noun A condition or state of having or being composed of many cells or more than one cell performing differing functions.
Word origin: L, comb. form of multus much, many + NL cellulāris, equiv. to cellul(a) live cell.
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Results from our forumRe: MulticellularityThe major reason for multicellularity is specialization. First, there's sexual specialization. Bacteria's major form of reproduction fission. For multicellular organisms, the gametes specialize into sperm and egg. Also, prokaryotes ...
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MulticellularityYes: they have a cytoskeleton. Multicellularity could never develop in the absence of a cytoskeleton...
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MulticellularityI was wondering earlier today why multicellularity has only evolved among eukaryotes, especially since bacteria are known to congregate in specific patterns much like the protists that are believed to be the ancestors of multicellular organisms. ...
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prokaryotic apoptosis... state, and it makes perfect sense to me that bacteria could have been the first multicellular life, by forming these aggregates. the genes for multicellularity are relatively few, and some bacteria already exhibit a primitive "tissue like" multicellularity, i.e. myxobacteria, which ...
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Most important organelle to the existence of life on earth... useless without chloroplasts cranking out the oxygen, but both processes occur in non-nucleated cells as well as nucleated cells. If you think multicellularity is important, then nuclei are important. I think that, with explanations that show that you understand the contribution each one makes, ...
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