Do Multicellular Organisms Have Specialized Cells?

A unicellular organism depends upon just one cell for all of its functions while a multicellular organism has cells specialized to perform different functions that collectively support the organism.

Do multicellular cells have specialized cells?

A unicellular organism depends upon just one cell for all of its functions while a multicellular organism has cells specialized to perform different functions that collectively support the organism.

Why are specialized cells only found in multicellular organisms?

Why do multicellular organisms contain specialized cells? To more efficiently perform wide variety of physiological and biochemical functions. A unicellular organism cannot specialize to the degree as all the functions and needs of the organism must be made by one cell. Multicellular enables a cell to become large.

Marcus Vance

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