Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution: 18 (Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262545853 ISBN 13: 9780262545853

Publisher: MIT Press, 2022

Synopsis

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

The evolution of multicellularity raises questions regarding genomic and developmental commonalities and discordances, selective advantages and disadvantages, physical determinants of development, and the origins of morphological novelties. It also represents a change in the definition of individuality, because a new organism emerges from interactions among single cells. This volume considers these and other questions, with contributions that explore the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of topics, organisms, and experimental protocols.
Each section focuses on selected topics or particular lineages that present a significant insight or challenge. The contributors consider the fossil record of the paleontological circumstances in which animal multicellularity evolved; cooptation, recurrent patterns, modularity, and plausible pathways for multicellular evolution in plants; theoretical approaches to the amoebozoa and fungi (cellular slime molds having long provided a robust model system for exploring the evolution of multicellularity), plants, and animals; genomic toolkits of metazoan multicellularity; and philosophical aspects of the meaning of individuality in light of multicellular evolution.
Contributors
Maja Adamska, Argyris Arnellos, Juan A. Arias, Eugenio Azpeitia, Mariana Benítez, Adriano Bonforti, John Tyler Bonner, Peter L. Conlin, A. Keith Dunker, Salva Duran-Nebreda, Ana E. Escalante, Valeria Hernández-Hernández, Kunihiko Kaneko, Andrew H. Knoll, Stephan G. König, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Ottoline Leyser, Alan C. Love, Raul Montañez, Emilio Mora van Cauwelaert, Alvaro Moreno, Vidyanand Nanjundiah, Aurora M. Nedelcu, Stuart A. Newman, Karl J. Niklas, William C. Ratcliff, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, Ricard Solé

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About the Author

Karl Niklas is Professor of Plant Biology at Cornell University.

Stuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College.

Karl Niklas is Professor of Plant Biology at Cornell University.

Stuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College.

Karl Niklas is Professor of Plant Biology at Cornell University.

Stuart Newman is Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at New York Medical College.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262545853
• ISBN 13: 9780262545853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Niklas Karl J., Newman Stuart A.