UNICELLULAR FITNESS SELECTION. “These is considerable experimental evidence for fitness advantages from POD to clonal kin groups of cells of species usually considered to be ‘unicellular’. These fitness advantages may represent a significant source of selection pressure.” (POD = programmed organismal death).
http://www.esciencecentral.org/journals/are-internal-death-promoting-mechanisms-ever-adaptive-2329-9002.1000113.pdf
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022