How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints
Dictyostelium discoideum “slugs” give an insight into the evolutionary origins of multicellularity
Joan Strassmann
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New Scientist recently reported on something I’d never heard of before: Stentor coeruleus, a single-celled organism that is up to 2 millimetres in length. It is a protist – a single-celled organism that is a eukaryote, which means it has a complex internal structure and is more related to animals, plants and fungi …
