Suicidal selection: Programmed cell death can evolve in unicellular organisms due solely to kin selection
Abstract Unicellular organisms can engage in a process by which a cell purposefully destroys itself, termed programmed cell death (PCD). While it is clear that the death of specific cells within a multicellular organism could increase inclusive fitness (e.g., during development), the origin of PCD i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5460 |