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The evolution of individuality revisited.

Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1 Aug 2018

Radzvilavicius Arunas L, Blackstone Neil W

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Evolutionary theory is formulated in terms of individuals that carry heritable information and are subject to selective pressures. However, individuality itself is a trait that had to evolve - an individual is not an indivisible entity, but a result of evolutionary processes that necessarily begin at the lower level of hierarchical organisation. Traditional approaches to biological individuality focus on...

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PMID: 29575407
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12412

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