Comments on: Yeast Can Evolve into Multicellular Organisms in a Few Short Months

By: Taissir N.

Taissir N. — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:06:25 +0000

I have read that fungi transforms from unicellular to multicellular. Is it the case in cancer but reversed: where multicellulr transforms into unicellular.

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I believe, some lower organisms transforms into another stage of life (or life form) under certain conditions including environmental (cellular, inter-cellular, soundings) stresses. }

By: Taissir N.

Taissir N. — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:58:54 +0000

I have read that fungi transforms from unicellular to multicellular. Is it the case in cancer but reversed: where multicellulr transforms into unicellular.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:32:26 +0000

Wooh, hooray for yeast!

By: leah

leah — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:47:09 +0000

if yeast is that dangerous, how bout the milk?

By: Marcos

Marcos — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:28:19 +0000

thats why yeast is dangerous if it expires

By: Dee Thibodeau

Dee Thibodeau — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:25:09 +0000

Interesting article. Neil Blackstone points out that yeast may have never lost multicellular ancestry, and suggest that these yeast simply activated a vestigial ability to become multicelllular, rather than evolving into something entirely new. I read that scientists at the University of Minnesota (where the study originated) are planning to repeat their experiments with Chlamydomonas, another single-celled organism with no multicellular ancestry. I’m very interested to hear the results of that study.

By: Gary Breitenbach

Gary Breitenbach — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:36:01 +0000

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By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:39:21 +0000

I don’t understand why clumps of cells would sink and single cells would float. The number of cells doesn’t indicate a change in density.

By: Noumenon

Noumenon — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:36:59 +0000

Here’s a fix for the sponge link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/08/06/pocket-science-%E2%80%93-lessons-from-spongy-genomes-and-a-deadly-bat-killing-disease/

Kudos to Dunc for a great comment.

By: m

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:19:06 +0000

The single cell, is very smart. Its doesnt want to do all the work itself when its friends can help. Id say the single cell needs to have a revised description that includes like to be socialable.