2007-02-20 06:28:33 · 4 answers · asked by einstein52345 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The two are not incompatible, there are many multicellular prokaryotes. being multicellular does not require differentiation, there are many eukaryotes that are multicellular, with every cell being identical (e.g. Gonium)
For a couple of examples, see:
http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/biophysj.104.047068v1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11401688&dopt=Abstract
2007-02-20 07:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good question. I can only guess, but it seems to me that the filament or matrix is not functioning as a tissue or an organ and that the processes of the cells are not coordinated at a higher level.
2007-02-20 15:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by btpage0630 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cells remain individual units and do not differentiate.
2007-02-20 15:05:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
prokarayotes is one cell organism
multicellular is is two or more cells in an organism
2007-02-20 15:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tyler M 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋