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single-celled

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  1. Made up of only one cell. Bacteria are single-celled organisms.


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The region also preserves some of the earliest evidence of life, including stromatolites and microbialite formations created by single-celled organisms such as cyanobacteria.

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Zhang cautioned that the study focused on yeast and E. coli, single-celled organisms where the effects of mutations are easier to measure.

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That same sample was further tested using a bio-molecular method called 'ELISA', a technique in which antibodies bind to proteins produced by single-celled organisms.

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And that really means everything, from trees and birds to single-celled organisms and viruses.

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This explains why organisms -- from single-celled microbes to complex plants -- experience diminishing growth returns even when conditions seem ideal, as each new stage reveals a fresh constraint.

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