Multiple pathways to the evolution of positive assortment in aggregative multicellularity
Kayla S. Stoy, Kathryn A. MacGillivray, Anthony Burnetti, Cornelia Barrett, William C. Ratcliff
This study shows that genetic assortment in yeast evolved indirectly through cell-level selection, not directly for collective-level benefits, revealing constraints on aggregative multicellularity.
bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology