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Wow, what???
De novo origins of #multicellularity in response to predation
#evolution #ecoevo #EvolutionaryTransitions #BiologicalIndividuality
"Predation is hypothesized as one selective pressure that may have driven the evolution of multicellularity...Two of five experimental populations of [the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas] evolved multicellular structures."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39558-8 #ScientificReports