LOOKING DEEP INTO CELL 2: Development Of Multicellular Organisms
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICELLULAR ORGANISM The next step necessary for the evolutionary process of Multicellularity is the " Export- of- fitness" stage. This stage is also similar to the first stage, but this requires that cell work together for a common goal of reproducing more cohesive units, or individuals like themselves and thereby working in a concerted way towards the increase of their fitness. Once this is achieved, a distinct phenotype or form of organism exits. Steps such as cell- to- cell adhesion or communication were achieved in plants, animals, fungi and algae. They differs among the major eukaryotic classes, yet an important aspect is that these Multicellular organisms all went through a similar series of steps on their way to becoming Multicellular, functional organisms. So , as a result of this evolutionary activities, Niklas then put forward that " this convergent evolution is well summarized by saying " There are many roads t...