Ben Raymond
@benraymond.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist working on microbes and insects. Mostly posting on science, wildlife, gardening
I think it’s particularly cool because a classic critique of social evolution is that experiments use toy traits in carefully selected & simplified conditions. Here we
applied a selection regime in vivo designed to promote sociality and watched to see what traits would emerge…sporulation was key!
applied a selection regime in vivo designed to promote sociality and watched to see what traits would emerge…sporulation was key!
April 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
I think it’s particularly cool because a classic critique of social evolution is that experiments use toy traits in carefully selected & simplified conditions. Here we
applied a selection regime in vivo designed to promote sociality and watched to see what traits would emerge…sporulation was key!
applied a selection regime in vivo designed to promote sociality and watched to see what traits would emerge…sporulation was key!
Hello Bluesky ! Still in process of abandoning X so here is an opportunity to promote Zoltan’s excellence work on multilevel selection in a fungal pathogen
April 15, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Hello Bluesky ! Still in process of abandoning X so here is an opportunity to promote Zoltan’s excellence work on multilevel selection in a fungal pathogen