Ratcheting the evolution of multicellularity

Geometry Shapes Evolution of Early Multicellularity

(2014) Eric Libby et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Fitness and stability of obligate cross-feeding interactions that emerge upon gene loss in bacteria

(2013) Samay Pande et al.   ISME Journal

Experimental evolution of an alternating uni- and multicellular life cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

(2013) William C. Ratcliff et al.   Nature Communications

Experimental evolution of multicellularity

(2012) W. C. Ratcliff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Extreme genome reduction in symbiotic bacteria

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Cheats as first propagules: A new hypothesis for the evolution of individuality during the transition from single cells to multicellularity

(2010) Paul B. Rainey et al.   BIOESSAYS

What is an Individual Organism? A Multilevel Selection Perspective

(2010) Henri J. Folse et al.   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY