multicellularity
- noun
- /ˌmʌltiˌsɛl.jʊˈlær.ɪ.ti/
- Specialized
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multicelularidad
- Once eukarya exist in the first place, multicellularity might only be 100 million years down the road, and from there you're onto complex civilizations in --
Examples
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The transition to multicellularity marked a significant evolutionary step for many species in the animal kingdom.
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Ecosystems and the biosphere are complex adaptive systems, in which pattern emerges from, and feeds back to affect, the actions of adaptive individual agents, and in which cooperation and multicellularity can develop and provide the regulation of local environments, and indeed impose regularity at higher levels.
Academic text (2005) -
Stem cells originated when multicellularity originated.
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It antedates multicellularity, and possibly even cells.
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In conventional genetic studies, all the genes involved in multicellularity are studied in a single clone.
Academic text (2007) -
Multicellularity, indeed, has arisen many times in evolutionary history (Bonner 2000), in all of the kingdoms of nature.
Academic text (2005) -
Bonner (2000) and others have illuminated how multicellularity arises; the genomics revolution has led to a greater impetus to translate knowledge of the genome into an understanding of how complex organisms are assembled and function.
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In plants, multicellularity enables the formation of complex structures like leaves and roots.
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Multicellularity allows organisms to specialize their cells for different functions, enhancing survival.
Antonyms
How Multicellular
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
multicellularity = multicellular (transparent) = multi + cell + ular + ity
The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'multicellular' plus '-ity', so the meaning 'state or condition of being multicellular' is straightforward.
Etymology
Multicellularity comes from multi- meaning 'many' and cell meaning 'a small room or part', and you can see multi- in familiar words like multiply. So think of a living thing as many little 'rooms' working together, which is why multicellularity means being made of more than one cell.