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Origins of differentiation via phenotypic plasticity.

Evolution & development - 1 Jan 2000

Schlichting Carl D

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How cell types of multicellular organisms came to be differentiated is still an open issue. Here I offer a model that posits that the origins of some cell differentiation patterns were originally passive outcomes of environmental effects. As cells' contact with the external environment was diminished, their patterns of gene expression were altered, due to changes in concentrations of externally supplied...

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PMID: 12492416
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.2003.03015.x

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