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Large organisms need to develop special internal exchange systems to supply nutrients and remove waste. Mere diffusion already becomes ineffective on millimeter distances, and the supply path, proportional to the volume-to-surface ratio, increases with size.
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Pismen, L. (2020). Communication. In: Morphogenesis Deconstructed. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36814-2_7
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