Cheats as first propagules: A new hypothesis for the evolution of individuality during the transition from single cells to multicellularity

BioEssays

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 872-880

  Rainey, Paul B ^a   Kerr, Benjamin ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological complexity; Conflict; Cooperation; Experimental evolution; Multi level selection

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIVISION; GERM CELLS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77957191985     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000039     Document Type: Review

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