Get to know Multicellular better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cellular.
Multicellular in a sentence
Multicellular meaning
That has many cells, often differentiated in function.
Synonyms of Multicellular
Using Multicellular
- The main meaning on this page is: That has many cells, often differentiated in function.
- Useful related words include: cellular.
- In the example corpus, multicellular often appears in combinations such as: multicellular organisms, in multicellular, of multicellular.
Context around Multicellular
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Multicellular
- In this selection, "multicellular" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, complex, form, miniature, organisms, organism and animals stand out and add context to how "multicellular" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about when multicellular organisms first and all multicellular organisms are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "multicellular" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with multicellular
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, no third gamete is known in multicellular animals. (9 words)
Dopamine is also synthesized in plants and most multicellular animals. (10 words)
However, arsenic poisoning occurs in multicellular life if quantities are larger than needed. (13 words)
Together, these developments mean that in 2019 we will have to take seriously the possibility of our developing multicellular artificial life, and we will need to start thinking about the ethical and philosophical challenges such a possibility brings up. (39 words)
All the cells in a multicellular organism derive from a single cell, differentiating into variant cell types in response to external and intercellular signals and gradually establishing different patterns of gene expression to create different behaviors. (36 words)
Animal tissues Stylized cutaway diagram of an animal cell (with flagella) The kingdom Animalia or metazoa, contains multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic and motile (although some have secondarily adopted a sessile lifestyle). (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some protozoans can form multicellular colonies. citation Metazoans are multicellular organism, different groups of cells of which have separate functions.
This is the basis of the development of a multicellular body from a single cell, i.e., zygote and also the basis of the growth of a multicellular body.
Researchers have also found that solitary human lung cells can self-assemble into miniature multicellular organisms that can move around.
Single-cell life forms like yeast or some bacteria appeared on the planet long before multicellular organisms like animals, which developed from a single egg cell into complex beings.
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- New research suggests random gene pulses can produce the patterning necessary for the development of multicellular systems.
Together, these developments mean that in 2019 we will have to take seriously the possibility of our developing multicellular artificial life, and we will need to start thinking about the ethical and philosophical challenges such a possibility brings up.
Two billion years ago is about when multicellular organisms first started oozing around on the planet.
Algae In some multicellular green algae ( Ulva lactuca is one example), red algae and brown algae sporophytes and gametophytes may be externally indistinguishable (isomorphic).
All multicellular organisms are colonized to some degree by extrinsic organisms, and the vast majority of these exist in either a mutualistic or commensal relationship with the host.
All the cells in a multicellular organism derive from a single cell, differentiating into variant cell types in response to external and intercellular signals and gradually establishing different patterns of gene expression to create different behaviors.
Animal tissues Stylized cutaway diagram of an animal cell (with flagella) The kingdom Animalia or metazoa, contains multicellular organisms that are heterotrophic and motile (although some have secondarily adopted a sessile lifestyle).
Cell attachment to the ECM is a basic requirement to build a multicellular organism.
Dopamine is also synthesized in plants and most multicellular animals.
Excluding a few contested reports of much older forms from North America and India, the first complex multicellular life forms seem to have appeared roughly 600 Ma.
Haeckel revised the content of this kingdom a number of times before settling on a division based on whether organisms were unicellular (Protista) or multicellular (animals and plants).
Haploid cells serve as gametes in multicellular organisms, fusing to form new diploid cells.
However, arsenic poisoning occurs in multicellular life if quantities are larger than needed.
However, complex multicellular organisms evolved only in six eukaryotic groups: animals, fungi, brown algae, red algae, green algae, and plants.
However, no third gamete is known in multicellular animals.
In addition to these universal functions, the plasma membrane has a more specific role in multicellular organisms.
Common combinations with multicellular
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- multicellular organisms 16×
- in multicellular 11×
- of multicellular 7×
- multicellular organism 6×
- multicellular animals 6×
- form multicellular 3×
- complex multicellular 3×
- multicellular body 2×
- some multicellular 2×
- all multicellular 2×