Multicellularity. On the face of it, the concept seems simple and unambiguous: some organisms package everything needed for metabolism, behavior, locomotion and reproduction into a single cell, whereas others contain multiple cells, commonly with varying functions. This is true enough, but it fails to account for the remarkable variety of multicellular organisms, or the nuances of their origins, development, and function. Accordingly, biologists commonly preface “multicellularity” with adjectives that acknowledge various axes of diversity.
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