Multicellularity: Evolution and the egg

Lewis Wolpert and Eörs Szathmáry
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Lewis Wolpert: University College London
Eörs Szathmáry: Eötvös University, and at the Collegium Budapest (Institute for Advanced Study)

Nature, 2002, vol. 420, issue 6917, 745-745

Abstract: Most multicellular organisms pass through a single-cell stage from which they then develop. This feature may render them more evolvable.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/420745a

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