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Colonial Organisms

Colonial Organism is a biological entity comprising genetically identical or closely related modular individuals that remain physically connected and exhibit varying degrees of functional integration and interdependence, distinguishing it from solitary organisms and fully integrated multicellular organisms by its intermediate level of individuality and division of labor.

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6.4K

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366

Authors

223

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2017–2026

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Variants

Colonial Organism

Parents

Publications

127

Large colonial organisms with coordinated growth in oxygenated environments 2.1 Gyr ago

Abderrazak El Albani, Stefan Bengtson, Donald E. Canfield et al. · Nature · 2010 · 292 citations

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Phagotrophy by a flagellate selects for colonial prey: A possible origin of multicellularity

Martin E. Boraas, Dianne B. Seale, Joseph E. Boxhorn · Evolutionary Ecology · 1998 · 266 citations

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The Evolution of Coloniality in White‐tailed and Black‐tailed Prairie Dogs (Sciuridae: Cynomys Leucurus and C. Ludovicianus)

John L. Hoogland · Ecology · 1981 · 200 citations

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Somatic and germ cell parasitism in a colonial ascidian: Possible role for a highly polymorphic allorecognition system

Douglas S. Stoner, Irving L. Weissman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 179 citations · Full text

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Animal Colonies — Development and Function through Time

George Garwood · Earth-Science Reviews · 1974 · 178 citations

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Authors

366

  1. HW
    Hiroshi Watanabe

    Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan

    4 publications · 215 citations

    4

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  2. BR
    Baruch Rinkevich

    Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

    4 publications · 114 citations

    4

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  3. LH
    Lee Hsiang Liow

    University of Oslo, Norway

    4 publications · 99 citations

    4

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  4. SB
    Stefan Bengtson

    Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden

    3 publications · 480 citations

    3

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  5. DE
    Donald E. Canfield

    University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    3 publications · 480 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

223

  1. University of Tsukuba

    Tsukuba, Japan

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    394 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    43 publications

    5.9K citations

  3. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    359 citations

  4. Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

    Haifa, Israel

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    137 citations

  5. Swedish Museum of Natural History

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    225 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    263 citations

  8. Institut de Chimie des Milieux et des Matériaux de Poitiers

    Poitiers, France

    3 h-index

    18 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS ONE

    6 publications · 262 citations

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  2. Biological Bulletin

    5 publications · 153 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 5 publications · 510 citations

    5

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  5. Ecology

    3 publications · 336 citations

    3

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