Superorganism Immunity: A Major Transition in Immune System Evolution

Superorganism Immunity: A Major Transition in Immune System Evolution

Social insect colonies can express adaptive, organism-like design. In some cases, colonies so resemble a unique, cohesive and integrated “individual” that they are termed superorganisms. The major evolutionary transitions framework explains, via inclusive fitness theory, how new levels of biological...

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Main Authors: Christopher D. Pull, Dino P. McMahon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
superorganism
disease
social evolution
major evolutionary transition
social immunity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00186/full

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