What is the competitive advantage of Volvox over Chlamydomonas?

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What is the competitive advantage of Volvox over Chlamydomonas?

2006-10-31 12:35:13 · 2 answers · asked by Bhargav S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

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A volvox is a colony with specialied cells doing different jobs for the betterment of the community. A chlamydomonas is just a single celled organism

2006-10-31 12:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Since Volvox is a colony, it doesn't need to keep that much genetical information in use, and each cell is specialized in only one function.
Chlamydomonas, as a free single living organism, has a lot of variation and does all its functions alone. It can mutate easier than Volvox.

2006-10-31 21:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by Lara Croft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋