Question

Otto Bütschli (“BEWTCH-lee”) hypothesized that the last common animal ancestor with this property was derived from a cnidarian (“nye-DARE-ee-un”) larval stage called a planula. Joseph Thornton’s team used ancestral protein reconstruction to determine that this property evolved due to a mutation in the spindle associated protein GK-PID. Herron et al. observed that an organism without this property quickly evolved it in response to predation by Paramecium. (10[1])Slime molds (10[1])like Dictyo·stelium (10[1])combat (-5[1])food scarcity by adopting this trait to grow fruiting bodies. (10[1])This (-5[1])trait’s presence in Volvox and absence in (10[1])Chlamydomonas (10[1])acts as a model for this trait’s (10[1])evolution in green algae. (10[1])The only fungal species that do (-5[1])not possess this property are yeasts, meaning (10[1])they cannot form differentiated tissues. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this trait (10[1])that (10[1])is contrasted with unicellularity. (10[5])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: multicellularity [accept word forms; accept descriptions like having more than one cell or having many cells]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y22100%0%18%108.41

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Liam KusalikWaterloo ALSE6310
Andrew WangIllinois AToronto C6510
June YinWUSTL BToronto B6710
Rachel FanousMichiganColumbia A68-5
Annabelle YangWUSTL AIowa State7810
Danila KabotyanskiIndianaIllinois B79-5
Kushal AluruRutgersChicago B8610
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley AArizona State8710
Adam FineChicago AMinnesota9410
Henry BonWinona StateBritish Columbia9810
Cade ReinbergerRITPenn State104-5
Michał GerasimiukStanfordOhio State11110
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BGeorgia State11610
James WangOttawaMaryland116-5
Karan GurazadaTexasColumbia B12210
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina AVanderbilt12310
Ryan RosenbergNYUVirginia12710
Yash MandaviaIllinois BIndiana12710
Tony ChenToronto ANorth Carolina B12710
Michael KearneyHarvardCornell A12710
Yrwin BatanMITYale12710
Tiffany ZhouFloridaCornell B12810
Andy YuMarylandOttawa12810
Moses KitakuleColumbia AMichigan12810
Teigue KellyPenn StateRIT12810
Thomas TibbettsUCFVirginia Tech12810