Analysis of an experimental transition in individuality challenges the need to assign traits to levels

Published: Mar 4, 2020
Abstract
A major evolutionary transition in individuality, at any level of the biological hierarchy, occurs when groups become capable of participating in Darwinian processes as units of selection. Identifying transitions in individuality can be problematic because apparent selection at one level of the biological hierarchy may be a by-product of selection occurring at another level. Here we discuss various approaches to this ′levels-of-selection′...
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Title
Analysis of an experimental transition in individuality challenges the need to assign traits to levels
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Mar 4, 2020
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