[HN Gopher] Multicellularity arose several times in the evolutio...
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       Multicellularity arose several times in the evolution of eukaryotes
       (2013)
        
       Author : arbesman
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-12-26 18:38 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | misiti3780 wrote:
       | Wasnt the whole premise of Nick Lanes books it only occurred once
       | ?
        
         | jemmyw wrote:
         | Yeah I heard on a podcast with a biologist that it only
         | happened once and was a mystery. I'm glad to hear that's
         | probably wrong as this is one of the bottlenecks suggested in
         | limiting the possibility of alien life.
        
         | heikkilevanto wrote:
         | As far as I remember and understand it, Nick Lane postulated
         | that eucaryotes only occurred once. But it could have multiple
         | times that several of them would start on the path of
         | multicellular life.
        
       | flobosg wrote:
       | Related: a recent paper about evolving multicellularity in
       | baker's yeast -
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06052-1
       | 
       | (Sadly paywalled, but Ed Yong explains it in _The Atlantic_ :
       | https://archive.is/Jo1Ig)
        
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