Multicellularity is one of life’s great innovations. The ability of many individual cells to work together as a single being is so profound that scientists have regarded it as an immensely complicated process, requiring a huge amount of genetic retooling.But the process may have been simpler than previously thought, according to a new study from a scientific team led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute and the Salk Institute.The study was published in the July 9 issue of Science. It may also be pertinent to the ongoing development of algae as a biofuel petroleum replacement, a major focus of research in San Diego and at the federal level.
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