The evolution of life is characterized by major transitions, i.e., the evolution of new targets of selection (e.g., prokaryotes, eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, social insect colonies). They arose when preexisting lower-level units cooperated…
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | Evolution
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