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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Main Authors: Jennifer T Pentz, Kathryn MacGillivray, James G DuBose, Peter L Conlin, Emma Reinhardt, Eric Libby, William C Ratcliff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/84336