Cooperation and Competition Were Primary Driving Forces for Biological Evolution.

IF 0.1 4区生物学 Q2 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-25 DOI:10.1159/000544890

Milton H Saier

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Abstract

Background: For many years, scientists have accepted Darwin's conclusion that "Survival of the Fittest" involves successful competition with other organisms for life-endowing molecules and conditions.

Summary: Newly discovered "partial" organisms with minimal genomes that require symbiotic or parasitic relationships for growth and reproduction suggest that cooperation in addition to competition was and still is a primary driving force for survival. These two phenomena are not mutually exclusive, and both can confer a competitive advantage for survival. In fact, cooperation may have been more important in the early evolution of life on earth before autonomous organisms developed, becoming large genome organisms.

Key messages: This suggestion has tremendous consequences with respect to our conception of the early evolution of life on earth as well as the appearance of intercellular interactions, multicellularity and the nature of interactions between humans and their societies (e.g., social Darwinism).

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合作与竞争是生物进化的主要驱动力。

背景：多年来，科学家们已经接受了达尔文的结论，即“适者生存”指的是与其他生物体成功竞争以获得赋予生命的分子和条件。摘要：新发现的基因组最少的“部分”生物体需要共生或寄生关系来生长和繁殖，这表明除了竞争之外，合作仍然是生存的主要动力。这两种现象并不相互排斥，两者都能赋予生存的竞争优势。事实上，在自主生物发展成为大基因组生物之前，合作在地球生命的早期进化中可能更为重要。关键信息：这一建议对我们关于地球生命早期进化的概念，以及细胞间相互作用、多细胞性和人类与社会之间相互作用的本质（例如，社会达尔文主义）有着巨大的影响。

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Microbial Physiology Multiple-

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5.20

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2.60%

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