The Evolution of Multicellularity (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Herron, Matthew D.; Ratcliff, William C.; Conlin, Peter L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the origins and subsequent evolution of multicellularity. The transition from unicellular to multicellular life was one of a few major events in the history of life that created new opportunities for more complex biological systems to evolve.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000542578
• Artikelnr.: 63976303

Autorenporträt

Matthew D. Herron is a Senior Research Scientist in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from the University of Arizona and held postdoctoral positions at the University of British Columbia, the NASA Astrobiology Institute, and the University of Montana. He has authored or co-authored dozens of peer reviewed scientific papers. William C. Ratcliff is an Associate Professor in School of Biological Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he co-directs the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Biosciences. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota. At Tech, he leads a research group that examines the evolution of multicellularity through directed evolution, synthetic biology, and mathematical modeling. Peter L. Conlin is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Biological Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from the University of Washington. He has authored or co-authored several peer reviewed scientific papers.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Andrew H. Knoll. Acknowledgments. List of Contributors.
Introduction: The Evolution of Multicellularity in Context. Getting at the
Basics of Multicellularity. Multi-Level Selection of the Individual
Organism. Life Cycles as a Central Organizing Theme for Studying
Multicellularity. Eukaryote Aggregative Multicellularity: Phylogenetic
Distribution and a Case Study of Its Proximate and Ultimate Cause in
Dictyostelia. Group Formation: On the Evolution of Aggregative
Multicellularity. Group Maintenance in Aggregative Multicellularity. Group
Transformation: Fruiting Body and Stalk Formation. Phylogenetics of Clonal
Multicellularity. Group Formation: Hypotheses for the Evolution of Clonal
Multicellularity. Group Maintenance in Clonal Multicellularity: Controlling
Intra-organismal Evolution. Group Transformation: Life History Trade-offs,
Division of Labor, and Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality. The
Single-Celled Ancestors of Animals: A History of Hypotheses. Convergent
Evolution of Complex Multicellularity in Fungi. Genetic and Developmental
Mechanisms of Cellular Differentiation in Algae. The Evolution of Complex
Multicellularity in Streptophytes. Multi-Species Multicellular Life Cycles.
Conclusion: The Future of Multicellularity Research. Index.