Evolutionary consequences of nascent multicellular life cycles
A key step in the evolutionary transition to multicellularity is the origin of multicellular groups as biological individuals capable of adaptation. Comparative work, supported by theory, suggests clonal development should facilitate this transition, although this hypothesis has never been tested in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-10-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/84336 |