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Nature 423, 26 (1 May 2003) | doi:10.1038/423026b

Genetics: Suicidal mushroom cells

Nicholas P. Money

Programmed cell death — apoptosis — is a universal phenomenon among multicellular organisms, and is especially important during development. Genetically orchestrated mechanisms of cell death have also been found in single-celled protists and yeast.