Overcoming key challenges in the evolutionary transition to multicellularity

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- Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11038-w This Review synthesizes an evolutionary framework for understanding the key stages, challenges and microevolutionary processes through which single cells evolve into functionally integrated multicellular organisms.