Top-Down Coercive Mechanisms and the Major Transitions in Evolution

IF 2.7 3区 生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BioEssays Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI:10.1002/bies.70047
Javier Suárez, Adrian Stencel, Isobel Ronai
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We propose that top-down coercive mechanisms have played a role in the origin and maintenance of the Major Transitions in Evolution (MTE). Top-down coercion has potentially been underappreciated due to the lack of a conceptual framework. Therefore, we provide a formalized top-down coercion framework for the MTE. Our conceptualization of top-down biological coercion is a loss of potential due to a constraint from the top-down. We also present three case studies of coercive top-down mechanisms in the evolution of eukaryotic cells, multicellularity and eusocial insect colonies. The MTE project studies the origin and maintenance of new levels of individuality in the biological hierarchy. Previously, the MTE has been conceived as a bottom-up process. Our coercion framework provides new empirical questions regarding the origin of transitions and helps reframe discussions of fitness in the MTE.

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自上而下的强制机制和进化中的主要转变。
我们认为,自上而下的强制机制在进化的主要转变(MTE)的起源和维持中发挥了作用。由于缺乏概念框架,自上而下的强制可能被低估。因此,我们为MTE提供了一个形式化的自顶向下强制转换框架。我们对自上而下的生物强制的概念是由于自上而下的约束而失去了潜力。我们还提出了真核细胞、多细胞和群居昆虫群落进化中强制自上而下机制的三个案例研究。MTE项目研究生物层次中新的个体水平的起源和维持。以前,MTE被认为是一个自下而上的过程。我们的强制框架提供了关于过渡起源的新经验问题,并有助于重新构建MTE中适合性的讨论。
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BioEssays
BioEssays 生物-生化与分子生物学
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
2.50%
发文量
167
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: molecular – cellular – biomedical – physiology – translational research – systems - hypotheses encouraged BioEssays is a peer-reviewed, review-and-discussion journal. Our aims are to publish novel insights, forward-looking reviews and commentaries in contemporary biology with a molecular, genetic, cellular, or physiological dimension, and serve as a discussion forum for new ideas in these areas. An additional goal is to encourage transdisciplinarity and integrative biology in the context of organismal studies, systems approaches, through to ecosystems, where appropriate.
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