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Why would lower-level selection favor traits that reduce particles' independent response to selection and increase dependence on collective?

Unresolved tension: individuation mechanisms seemingly oppose particle-level fitness, yet must evolve through bottom-up selection.

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Design for an Individual: Connectionist Approaches to the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality

(2022) · Watson, Richard A. · Levin, Michael · Buckley, Christopher L.

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Traits (developmental bottlenecks, germ separation, immune regulation, physical boundaries) that enable collectives to exhibit heritable variation in fitness.

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