Charles Lindsey

Sep 22, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Charles Lindsey |ANDREW KNOLL |Matthew D. Herron |Frank Rosenzweig

AbstractThroughout its nearly four-billion-year history, life has undergone evolutionary transitions in which simpler subunits have become integrated to form a more complex whole. Many of these transitions opened the door to innovations that resulted in increased biodiversity and/or organismal efficiency. The evolution of multicellularity from unicellular forms represents one such transition, one that paved the way for cellular differentiation, including differentiation of male and female gametes.