title: Multicellularity: From brief encounters to lifelong unions.
abstract: Could the transient aggregation of unicellular organisms have paved the way for the evolution of the multicellular animals?
authors.affiliation: Bradley JSC Olson is in the Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, United States bjsco@k-state.edu.
authors.forename: Bradley J S C
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000656:Amoeba / Q000502:physiology*; D002455:Cell Division; D019143:Evolution, Molecular
keywords: Capsaspora; alternative splicing; cell differentiation; evolutionary transitions; multicellularity; opisthokonts