Multicellularity : origins and evolution /
edited by Karl J. Niklas and Stuart A. Newman.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Mit Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (xxv, 302 pages) : illustrations
- Vienna series in theoretical biology .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Functional and molecular predispositions to multicellualrity -- Plants and related theory -- Amoebozoa, fungi, and related theory -- Metazoa and related theory -- Philosophical aspects of multicellularity.
Scholars consider the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of organisms, experimental protocols, theoretical concepts, and philosophical issues.