S. A. Zamani-Dahaj

This study shows how snowflake yeast evolved macroscopic multicellularity under anaerobic conditions through biophysical adaptations, while remaining microscopic under low oxygen conditions.

The paper quantifies cell packing in two multicellular organisms and finds that free space around cells follows a gamma distribution, suggesting an entropic principle underlying multicellular organization.

This study shows that multicellular heritability can emerge without additional genetic regulation, and that organism size at reproduction is more heritable than its cell-level basis.

The paper examines how collective-level heritability relates to particle-level heritability in major transitions, showing that collective heritability can often exceed particle heritability.