Ratcheting the evolution of multicellularity
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Traits that entrench cells in a group lifestyle may pave the way for complexity
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One solution to stabilizing MC against cheaters is the evolution of traits that increase cell-level fitness in a group context but come at a cost to free-living fitness.
“One solution to stabilizing MC against cheaters is the evolution of traits that increase cell-level fitness in a group context but come at a cost to free-living fitness.”
From Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems (2024) · cites this paper as [202]
Ratcheting processes, where cells acquire traits that commit them to a group lifestyle, stabilize the group and may serve as a universal mechanism that propels multicellular complexity.
“This is enabled by ‘ratcheting’ processes where cells acquire traits that commit them to a group lifestyle. This stabilizes the group and may serve as a universal mechanism that propels multicellular complexity [201,202].”
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Stabilizing multicellularity through ratcheting
Libby, E., Conlin, P. L., Kerr, B., & Ratcliff, W. C. (2016) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0444 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
Self-citationFundamental constraints to the logic of living systems
Solé, R., Kempes, C. P., Corominas-Murtra, B., De Domenico, M., Kolchinsky, A., Lachmann, M., Libby, E., Saavedra, S., Smith, E., & Wolpert, D. (2024) · Interface Focus · doi:10.1098/rsfs.2024.0010 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“This stabilizes the group and may serve as a universal mechanism that propels multicellular complexity [201,202].”
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- Authors
- Libby, E., & Ratcliff, W. C.
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2014-10-24
- Volume
- 346
- Issue
- 6208
- Pages
- 426-427
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2081106339
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Keywords
- multicellularity, evolution of multicellularity, cell aggregation, group living, cellular complexity, cell-cell interactions
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cells, Biological Evolution, Life Cycle Stages, Apoptosis
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