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SUBMITTER: Pichugin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718564 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pichugin Yuriy Y Peña Jorge J Rainey Paul B PB Traulsen Arne A
PLoS computational biology 20171122 11
Reproduction is a defining feature of living systems. To reproduce, aggregates of biological units (e.g., multicellular organisms or colonial bacteria) must fragment into smaller parts. Fragmentation modes in nature range from binary fission in bacteria to collective-level fragmentation and the production of unicellular propagules in multicellular organisms. Despite this apparent ubiquity, the adaptive significance of fragmentation modes has received little attention. Here, we develop a model in ...[more]