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Multicellularity in animals: The potential for within-organism conflict
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Genomic Mysteries of Giant Bacteria: Insights and Implications
10.1093/gbe/evad163 · 2023 · External reference
Siliceous deep-sea sponge monorhaphis chuni: a potential paleoclimate archive in ancient animals
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The amino terminus of opsin translocates “posttranslationally” as efficiently as cotranslationally
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2026 · External reference
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Development of cell differentiation in the transition to multicellularity: a dynamical modeling approach
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Complex multicellularity in fungi: evolutionary convergence, single origin, or both?
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