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703:, part of a whole family of FF proteins. Felix Rey, of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, has constructed the 3D structure of the EFF-1 protein and shown it does the work of linking one cell to another, in viral infections. The fact that all known cell fusion molecules are viral in origin suggests that they have been vitally important to the inter-cellular communication systems that enabled multicellularity. Without the ability of cellular fusion, colonies could have formed, but anything even as complex as a sponge would not have been possible. 4669: 368: 611: 497:(cooperation) of different species of single-cell organisms, each with different roles. Over time these organisms would become so dependent on each other that they would not be able to survive independently, eventually leading to the incorporation of their genomes into one multicellular organism. Each respective organism would become a separate lineage of differentiated cells within the newly created species. 4679: 31: 685:(MGEs) have recently been identified as playing a crucial role in the differentiation of multicellular tissues and organs and even in sexual reproduction, in the fusion of egg cells and sperm. Such fused cells are also involved in metazoan membranes such as those that prevent chemicals from crossing the 899:
Whether all of these can be seen as advantages however is debatable: The vast majority of living organisms are single celled, and even in terms of biomass, single celled organisms are far more successful than animals, although not plants. Rather than seeing traits such as longer lifespans and greater
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The snowball Earth hypothesis in regards to multicellularity proposes that the Cryogenian period in Earth's history could have been the catalyst for the evolution of complex multicellular life. Brocks suggests that the time between the Sturtian Glacian and the more recent Marinoan Glacian allowed for
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This theory suggests that the oxygen available in the atmosphere of early Earth could have been the limiting factor for the emergence of multicellular life. This hypothesis is based on the correlation between the emergence of multicellular life and the increase of oxygen levels during this time. This
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that can turn single-celled organisms into multicellular ones. This would demonstrate the possibility of such an event. Unicellular species can relatively easily acquire mutations that make them attach to each other—the first step towards multicellularity. Multiple normally unicellular species have
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must have substantially changed so that individual cells become more specialized in their function relative to reproduction and survival. As the multicellular organism emerged, gene expression patterns became compartmentalized between cells that specialized in reproduction
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The predation hypothesis suggests that to avoid being eaten by predators, simple single-celled organisms evolved multicellularity to make it harder to be consumed as prey. Herron et al. performed laboratory evolution experiments on the single-celled green alga,
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form from individual amoeboid cells, like syncitial tissues of some multicellular organisms, not the other way round. To be deemed valid, this theory needs a demonstrable example and mechanism of generation of a multicellular organism from a pre-existing syncytium.
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associated with reproduction and survival likely changed. In the unicellular state, genes associated with reproduction and survival are expressed in a way that enhances the fitness of individual cells, but after the transition to multicellularity, the pattern of
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predation, the "clump" becomes a persistent structure: only some cells become propagules. Some populations go further and evolved multi-celled propagules: instead of peeling off single cells from the clump, the clump now reproduces by peeling off smaller clumps.
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508:. In these cases, it is extremely doubtful whether either species would survive very long if the other became extinct. However, the problem with this theory is that it is still not known how each organism's DNA could be incorporated into one single 3048:
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402:). A third hypothesis is that as a unicellular organism divided, the daughter cells failed to separate, resulting in a conglomeration of identical cells in one organism, which could later develop specialized tissues. This is what plant and animal 2358:
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advantages of an increase in size without its limitations. They can have longer lifespans as they can continue living when individual cells die. Multicellularity also permits increasing complexity by allowing
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and red algae. The first evidence of multicellular organization, which is when unicellular organisms coordinate behaviors and may be an evolutionary precursor to true multicellularity, is from
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Because the first multicellular organisms were simple, soft organisms lacking bone, shell, or other hard body parts, they are not well preserved in the fossil record. One exception may be the
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groups together in a colony that moves as one to a new location. Some of these amoeba then slightly differentiate from each other. Other examples of colonial organisation in protista are
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planktonic algae to dominate the seas making way for rapid diversity of life for both plant and animal lineages. Complex life quickly emerged and diversified in what is known as the
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is a geological event where the entire surface of the Earth is covered in snow and ice. The term can either refer to individual events (of which there were at least two) or to the
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The advantage of the Colonial Theory hypothesis is that it has been seen to occur independently in 16 different protoctistan phyla. For instance, during food shortages the amoeba
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evolution time to mimic similarities and accumulate differences between groups of modern and extinct ancestral species. Modern phylogenetics uses sophisticated techniques such as
826:. Changes in multiple genes were identified. In addition, the authors reported that only anaerobic cultures of snowflake yeast evolved this trait, while the aerobic ones did not. 560:. However, the simple presence of multiple nuclei is not enough to support the theory. Multiple nuclei of ciliates are dissimilar and have clear differentiated functions. The 1384: 1233: 524:), it has happened only extremely rarely and, even then, the genomes of the endosymbionts have retained an element of distinction, separately replicating their DNA during 209:-like organisms that lived 3.0–3.5 billion years ago. To reproduce, true multicellular organisms must solve the problem of regenerating a whole organism from 2681:
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It is impossible to know what happened when single cells evolved into multicellular organisms hundreds of millions of years ago. However, we can identify
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from true multicellular organisms, as the two concepts are not distinct; colonial protists have been dubbed "pluricellular" rather than "multicellular".
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Loss of multicellularity occurred in some groups. Fungi are predominantly multicellular, though early diverging lineages are largely unicellular (e.g.,
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One hypothesis for the origin of multicellularity is that a group of function-specific cells aggregated into a slug-like mass called a
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Some authors suggest that the origin of multicellularity, at least in Metazoa, occurred due to a transition from temporal to spatial
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Brocks, Jochen J.; Jarrett, Amber J.M.; Sirantoine, Eva; Hallmann, Christian; Hoshino, Yosuke; Liyanage, Tharika (August 2017).
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is not necessary for complex life and therefore is unlikely to have been the driving factor for the origin of multicellularity.
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protein-interaction domain (GK-PID) may have allowed organisms to go from a single cell organism to one of many cells.
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The evolution of multicellularity could have occurred in several different ways, some of which are described below:
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are more than 500 million years removed from their single-cell ancestors. Such a passage of time allows both
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size as an advantage, many biologists see these only as examples of diversity, with associated tradeoffs.
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This kind of severely co-dependent symbiosis can be seen frequently, such as in the relationship between
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but before the most recent rise in oxygen. Mills concludes that the amount of oxygen present during the
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to constitute them as a single species. Although such symbiosis is theorized to have occurred (e.g.,
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and other molecular markers to describe traits that are shared between distantly related lineages.
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line evolved. However, Weismannist development is relatively rare (e.g., vertebrates, arthropods,
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in a multicellular body (100–150 different cell types), compared with 10–20 in plants and fungi.
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do. Another hypothesis is that a primitive cell underwent nucleus division, thereby becoming a
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of the host species. For instance, the two or three symbiotic organisms forming the composite
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A range of green algae species have been experimentally evolved to form larger clumps. When
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and the brain body separation. Two viral components have been identified. The first is
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has yielded 600 million year old microfossils with evidence of multicellular traits.
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Multicellularity allows an organism to exceed the size limits normally imposed by
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About 800 million years ago, a minor genetic change in a single molecule called
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is used for sexual reproduction with exchange of genetic material. Slime molds
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Multicellular organisms, especially long-living animals, face the challenge of
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Strickberger's evolution: the integration of genes, organisms and populations
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is called "snowflake", caused by the loss of a single transcription factor
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This theory suggests that the first multicellular organisms occurred from
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are the result of many identical individuals joining together to form a
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This theory states that a single unicellular organism, with multiple
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period and consisted of two global glaciation events known as the
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partitions around each of its nuclei. Many protists such as the
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Multicellularity has evolved independently at least 25 times in
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Multicellular organisms arise in various ways, for example by
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cause multicellular, fast-sedimenting phenotypes in evolved
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The most recent snowball Earth took place during the
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Multicellular organisms

nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans
organism
cell
unicellular organisms
animals
land plants
fungi
algae
slime molds
Dictyostelium
cell division
Colonial organisms
colony
multinucleate
Xenophyophorea
eukaryotes
prokaryotes
cyanobacteria
myxobacteria
actinomycetes
Magnetoglobus multicellularis
Methanosarcina
animals
symbiomycotan fungi
brown algae
red algae
green algae

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