Among the most important innovations in the history of life is the transition from single-celled organisms to more complex, multicellular organisms. Multicellul
Scholars consider the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of organisms, experimental protocols, theoretical concep
The enormous recent success of molecular developmental biology has yielded a vast amount of new information on the details of development. So much so that we ri
The book integrates our understanding of the factors and processes underlying the evolution of multicellularity by providing several complementary perspectives