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VOLVOX EXAMPLE. “A first well-studied example of emerging intercellular separation of poorly compatible activities is the germ–soma specialization in Volvox. Somatic cells gather nutrients from the environment, and provide germ cells with these nutrients. The somatic cells are flagellated, and the flagella are important for motility and transport of nutrients to the cells. Flagellation and cell division are incompatible, and this fact is probably one of the factors promoting differentiation between somatic and germ cells.”

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/12/05/rspb.2011.1999.short

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