multicellularity
noun[U]
biologyspecializeduk/ˌmʌl.tiˌsel.jəˈlær.ə.ti/us/ˌmʌl.tiˌsel.jəˈler.ə.t̬i//ˌmʌl.taɪˌsel.jəˈler.ə.t̬i/thefactof anorganismconsisting of more than onecell:
Plants haveevolvedtheirmulticellularitycompletelyseparatelyfromanimals.
- Ofcourse, therootcauseof bothcancerandstemcellsis multicellularity.
- Theadvantagesof multicellularity such asdivisionoflabouramongdifferentiatedcellsoccurredonlylater.
- Multicellularity might be anadaptivestrategyforincreasedbodysizeandprotectionagainstpredators.
- Very little isknownabout theoriginof multicellularity in Proteobacteria.
- Multicellularity makesspecializationpossible.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- biotech
- bipolar
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- histography
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- meiosis
- mitosis
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron
- sickle cell