Multicellular

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A multicellular organism is an organism which contains many different types of cells in contrast to unicellular organisms which are made of a specific single cell. Multicellular organisms such as plants algea and animals evolved from specific unicellular organisms in the past[1].


References

  1. ↑ Richard K. Grosberg and Richard R. Strathmann. (10 August 2007). The Evolution of Multicellularity: A Minor. The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and. 38 (1), 621–654.

 

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