Multicellularity : origins and evolution / edited by Karl J. Niklas and Stuart A. Newman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niklas, Karl J., editor.

Newman, Stuart A., editor.

Series:

Vienna series in theoretical biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleobotany.

Paleoecology.

Plants--Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 302 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Mit Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Scholars consider the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of organisms, experimental protocols, theoretical concepts, and philosophical issues.

Contents:

I Functional and Molecular Predispositions to Multicellularity 1

1 Fossils, Feeding, and the Evolution of Complex Multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll Knoll, Andrew H., Daniel J. G. Lahr Lahr, Daniel J. G. 3

2 Alternative Splicing, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Calmodulin, and the Evolution of Multicellularity / Karl J. Niklas Niklas, Karl J., A. Keith Dunker Dunker, A. Keith 17

II Plants and Related Theory 41

3 The Mechanistic Basis for the Evolution of Soma during the Transition to Multicellularity in the Volvocine Algae / Stephan G. König König, Stephan G., Aurora M. Nedelcu Nedelcu, Aurora M. 43

4 Physicochemical Factors in the Organization of Multicellular Aggregates and Plants / Juan Antonio Arias del Angel Angel, Juan Antonio Arias del, Eugenio Azpeitia Azpeitia, Eugenio, Mariana Benítez Benítez, Mariana, Ana E. Escalante Escalante, Ana E., Valeria Hernández-Hernández Hernández-Hernández, Valeria, Emilio Mora Van Cauwelaert Cauwelaert, Emilio Mora Van 71

5 Angiosperm Multicellularity: The Whole, the Parts, and the Sum / Ottoline Leyser Leyser, Ottoline 87

III Amoebozoa, Fungi, and Related Theory 103

6 Cellular Slime Mold Development as a Paradigm for the Transition from Unicellular to Multicellular Life / Vidyanand Nanjundiah Nanjundiah, Vidyanand 105

7 Trade-offs Drive the Evolution of Increased Complexity in Nascent Multicellular Digital Organisms / Peter L. Conlin Conlin, Peter L., William C. Ratcliff Ratcliff, William C. 131

8 The Paths to Artificial Multicellularity: From Physics to Evolution / Salva Duran-Nebreda Duran-Nebreda, Salva, Raúl Montañez Montañez, Raúl, Adriano Bonforti Bonforti, Adriano, Ricard Solé Solé, Ricard 149

IV Metazoa and Related Theory 169

9 What Are the Genomes of Premetazoan Lineages Telling Us about the Origin of Metazoa? / Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki 171

10 Sponges as the Rosetta Stone of Colonial-to-Multicellular Transition / Maja Adamska Adamska, Maja 185

11 A Scenario for the Origin of Multicellular Organisms: Perspective from Multilevel Consistency Dynamics / Kunihiko Kaneko Kaneko, Kunihiko 201

12 Multicellularity, the Emergence of Animal Body Plans, and the Stabilizing Role of the Egg / Stuart A. Newman Newman, Stuart A. 225

V Philosophical Aspects of Multicellularity 247

13 Integrating Constitution and Interaction in the Transition from Unicellular to Multicellular Organisms / Argyris Amellos Amellos, Argyris, Alvaro Moreno Moreno, Alvaro 249

14 Explaining the Origins of Multicellularity: Between Evolutionary Dynamics and Developmental Mechanisms / Alan C. Love Love, Alan C. 277.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780262333740

0262333740

OCLC:

940559281

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