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Individuality Through Ecology: Rethinking the Evolution of Complex Life From an Externalist Perspective. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bourrat P, Takacs P, Doulcier G, Nitschke MC, Black AJ, Hammerschmidt K, Rainey PB.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why we age

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
wiley   +1 more source

Continual decision‐making dynamics across biological organisms

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Decision‐making is a central function of adaptive behaviour in biological agents. However, strategies for adaptive decision‐making can vary substantially across species. Here, we aim to extend the comparative scope of decision‐making analyses to phylogenetically diverse organisms.
Liberty Severs, Qiuran Wang
wiley   +1 more source

A close unicellular relative reveals aggregative multicellularity was key to the evolution of animals

Li R, Dharamshi JE, Kwok K, Ruiz-Trillo I, Gerdt JP.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

All in this together: Multifactorial stress combination promotes cell aggregation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [PDF]

Plant Physiol
Trozzi N, Calzadilla PI.
europepmc   +1 more source

The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering the hidden complexity of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria. [PDF]

PLoS Biol
Stoy KS, Ratcliff WC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Early evolutionary history of the seed

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman, Alan R. T. Spencer, Jason Hilton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Year at the Forefront of Streptophyte Algal Evolution. [PDF]

Biol Open
Bowles AMC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bottom‐up Strategies for Generating Polymer Protocells That Mimic Cellular Communication

Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
This review focuses on polymeric protocells produced using a bottom‐up approach. Polymer‐based assemblies guarantee stability and designability by adjusting the properties of the amphiphilic copolymers used. The review covers protocell architectures, production, and their intra‐ and intercellular communication mechanisms.
Gloria Saorin, Xinan Huang, Voichita Mihali, Cornelia G. Palivan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source