This is an introductory post to a discussion on the advantages of multicellular organisms over single-celled eukaryotes from an energy harvesting viewpoint. It is intended for the New Mexico Tech biomechanics class but others can play.
As engineers we should seek for a numerical measure (or some measures) that allows us to decide how close an organism is to the optimum. Consider two cases: a seaweed in comparison to a single-cell photosynthetic eukaryote and a herbivore in comparison to a single-celled eukaryotic animal.
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