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Nascent life cycles and the emergence of higher-level individuality.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 5 Dec 2017
Ratcliff William C, Herron Matthew, Conlin Peter L, Libby Eric
Abstract excerpt
Evolutionary transitions in individuality (ETIs) occur when formerly autonomous organisms evolve to become parts of a new, 'higher-level' organism. One of the first major hurdles that must be overcome during an ETI is the emergence of Darwinian evolvability in the higher-level entity (e.g. a multicellular group), and the loss of Darwinian autonomy in the lower-level units (e.g. individual cells). Here, we examine...
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