期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0157
关键词
individuality; coevolution; cell cycle; group reproduction; multicellularity; volvocine algae
资金
- NASA [NNX13AH41G]
- NSF [MCB-1412395]
- NASA [NNX13AH41G, 473679] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
During the evolution of multicellular organisms, the unit of selection and adaptation, the individual, changes from the single cell to the multicellular group. To become individuals, groups must evolve a group life cycle in which groups reproduce other groups. Investigations into the origin of group reproduction have faced a chicken-and-egg problem: traits related to reproduction at the group level often appear both to be a result of and a prerequisite for natural selection at the group level. With a focus on volvocine algae, we model the basic elements of the cell cycle and show how group reproduction can emerge through the coevolution of a life-history trait with a trait underpinning cell cycle change. Our model explains how events in the cell cycle become reordered to create a group life cycle through continuous change in the cell cycle trait, but only if the cell cycle trait can coevolve with the life-history trait. Explaining the origin of group reproduction helps us understand one of life's most familiar, yet fundamental, aspects-its hierarchical structure.
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