Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity

G. Ozan Bozdag; Eric Libby; Rozenn Pineau; Christopher T. Reinhard; William C. Ratcliff

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23104-0

Nature Communications (May 2021)

Oxygen suppression of macroscopic multicellularity

G. Ozan Bozdag,
Eric Libby,
Rozenn Pineau,
Christopher T. Reinhard,
William C. Ratcliff

Affiliations

G. Ozan Bozdag: School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Eric Libby: Integrated Science Lab, Umeå University
Rozenn Pineau: School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Christopher T. Reinhard: School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
William C. Ratcliff: School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23104-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The evolution of multicellular life is hypothesized to have been promoted by rising oxygen levels. Through experimental evolution and modeling, Bozdag et al. demonstrate that our planet’s first oxygenation would have strongly constrained, not promoted, the evolution of multicellular life.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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