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