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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: Multicellular prokaryote... prokaryotes. That statement of yours above is one of the the reasons I initially posted this topic. Well, now it seems that unicellularity/multicellularity is not as important a question as knowing the particular porkaryote itself. :D I mean, it doesn't really matter if prokaryotes are ...
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Could you recommend me a good book on cell communication?... been given by our lecturers! Some topics cover cell communication (adhesion, cell adhesion molecules, junctions, diffusion etc), pros and cons of multicellularity.. The lecture notes we've been given are quite vague and I don't really want to use information from the internet only, because who ...
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Theories - Origin of Life... point in time from 120 to 200 million years ago (an ancestor - a giant cockroach). Can claim to be a "relic of reasonableness" and - Multicellularity our organisms (there was about a half billion years ago, the creator - Vendian biont large aerobic unicellular ameboid, who built a ...
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Re: Theories - Origin of Life... of myxomycetes more billion years ago - had a specialty: work with photosynthetic bacteria. A mitochondrion domesticated even earlier - to multicellularity! Planted this bacterium in a membrane interesnub pocket and used as a generator ... Spent the most appropriate selection of the mitochondria ...
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Re:... such translation is acceptable. "Polypeptide-nucleic nano-technology that underpins life on Earth - is ancient and efficient engineering. Multicellularity as an engineering design, just not as ancient." I am a molecular geneticist, in addition, cytology in oncology. These conclusions ...
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