The Evolution of Multicellularity: A Minor Major Transition?

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2007-12-03

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.ECOLSYS.36.102403.114735
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