Gresham David
is at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology , New York University , New York , United States
Elife. 2013 Apr 2;2:e00655. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00655.
Selection favours single-celled mutants that stick together when a sugar needed for growth is in short supply, suggesting that multicellular life may have evolved as a by-product of selection for more efficient usage of resources.
当生长所需的糖供应短缺时,选择有利于那些黏附在一起的单细胞突变体,这表明多细胞生命可能是作为更有效利用资源的选择的副产品而进化的。