According to Travisano, too much emphasis was placed on identifying some genetic essence of complexity. The new study suggests that environmental conditions are paramount: Give single-celled organisms reason to go multicellular, and they will.Go open access!
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/10/1115323109.full...
crackedmonocle: There has been some skepticism regarding this study, here is the lead author's response. I hold my own reservations but I am excited to see where they go from here.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/18/evolving-b...