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Evolution of irreversible somatic differentiation.

eLife - 13 Oct 2021

Gao Yuanxiao, Park Hye Jin, Traulsen Arne, Pichugin Yuriy

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A key innovation emerging in complex animals is irreversible somatic differentiation: daughters of a vegetative cell perform a vegetative function as well, thus, forming a somatic lineage that can no longer be directly involved in reproduction. Primitive species use a different strategy: vegetative and reproductive tasks are separated in time rather than in space. Starting from such a strategy, how is it possible...

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PMID: 34643506
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.66711
PMCID: PMC8514237

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