Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life Principles and mechanisms /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nedelcu, Aurora M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Advances in Marine Genomics, 2
• Θέματα: Environment.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Developmental Biology.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XVI, 489 p. 80 illus., 40 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789401796422
• ISSN: 1879-8012 ;

The book integrates our understanding of the factors and processes underlying the evolution of multicellularity by providing several complementary perspectives (both theoretical and experimental) and using examples from various lineages in which multicellularity evolved. Recent years marked an increased interest in understanding how and why these transitions occurred, and data from various fields are providing new insights into the forces driving the several independent transitions to multicellular life as well as into the genetic and molecular basis for the evolution of this phenotype. The ultimate goal of this book is to facilitate the identification of general and unifying principles and mechanisms.