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High relatedness is necessary and sufficient to maintain multicellularity in Dictyostelium.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 16 Dec 2011

Kuzdzal-Fick Jennie J, Fox Sara A, Strassmann Joan E, Queller David C

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Most complex multicellular organisms develop clonally from a single cell. This should limit conflicts between cell lineages that could threaten the extensive cooperation of cells within multicellular bodies. Cellular composition can be manipulated in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, which allows us to test and confirm the two key predictions of this theory. Experimental evolution at low relatedness...

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PMID: 22174251
DOI: 10.1126/science.1213272

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