MULTITASKING EXAMPLES. “Examples include biochemical incompatibility between metabolic processes (such as between oxygenic photosynthesis and oxygen-sensitive nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria), motility and mitosis (processes that compete for the use of the same cellular machinery, the microtubule-organizing centre), and, in general, reproduction and survival in a challenging environment.”
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