title: A sticky solution.
abstract: Selection favours single-celled mutants that stick together when a sugar needed for growth is in short supply, suggesting that multicellular life may have evolved as a by-product of selection for more efficient usage of resources.
authors.affiliation: is at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology , New York University , New York , United States dgresham@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gresham
mesh_terms: D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013395:Sucrose; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase
keywords: Evolution of cooperation; Experimental evolution; Multicellularity; S. cerevisiae