Patterns of reproductive differentiation and reproductive plasticity in the major evolutionary transition to superorganismality.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.02.007
Abstract: Major evolutionary transitions in individuality are characterised by the formation of new levels of biological complexity from the cooperation of previously independent lower-level units. The evolution of superorganismality in insects is one such major transition,… read more here.
Keywords: plasticity; level; transition superorganismality; major evolutionary ... See more keywords
How the Land Became the Locus of Major Evolutionary Innovations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.076
Abstract: Life originated in the sea and evolved its early metabolic pathways in water [1, 2]. Nevertheless, activities of organisms on land have influenced and enriched marine ecosystems with oxygen and nutrients for billions of years… read more here.
Keywords: became locus; sea; land; major evolutionary ... See more keywords
Symbiogenesis: Beyond the endosymbiosis theory?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.08.001
Abstract: Symbiogenesis, literally 'becoming by living together', refers to the crucial role of symbiosis in major evolutionary innovations. The term usually is reserved for the major transition to eukaryotes and to photosynthesising eukaryotic algae and plants… read more here.
Keywords: theory; major evolutionary; symbiogenesis; role symbiosis ... See more keywords
Major evolutionary transitions in individuality between humans and AI
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0408
Abstract: That humans might undergo future evolutionary transitions in individuality (ETIs) seems fanciful. However, drawing upon recent thinking concerning the origins of properties that underpin ETIs, I argue that certain ETIs are imminently realizable. Central to… read more here.
Keywords: transitions individuality; evolutionary transitions; major evolutionary; individuality humans ... See more keywords