Sentences with phrase «allowing multicellular life»

Roughly 2.4 billion years ago, a rapid buildup of oxygen in the atmosphere set in motion big changes that allowed multicellular life to emerge.

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This provocative fact allowed him to argue that cell - competition genes could be linked to the origins of multicellular life and that investigating them could help scientists understand and treat cancer.

«With OME, we think it allows myxobacteria cells to transition from a heterogeneous single cellular life to a more harmonious multicellular life.»

But suddenly, multicellular life ballooned, knocking over the first domino in an evolutionary cascade that would one day allow you — yes, you — to exist and think and even read stuff on the Internet.