Evolutionary transition in individuality explained

Evolutionary transition in individuality is the process through which descendants of independent organism become lower level units within a super-organism on a higher hierarchical level. Examples include cells assembling into a multicellular organism, or endosymbiosis of cells into more complex cells.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Multicellular organism#Evolutionary history
• Superorganism

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/j.tree.2013.10.007 . Evolutionary transitions in individuality: Insights from transposable elements . 2014 . Ågren . J. Arvid . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 29 . 2 . 90–96 . 24252439 .
2. 10.1073/pnas.1421402112 . Major evolutionary transitions in individuality . 2015 . West . Stuart A. . Fisher . Roberta M. . Gardner . Andy . Kiers . E. Toby . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 112 . 33 . 10112–10119 . free . 25964342 . 4547252 . 2015PNAS..11210112W .
3. Book: Evolution of individuality. 1987. Leo W.. Buss. Princeton University Press.