Slow ecological cycles, resulting in the recurrent dispersal of cells between resource patches, can drive the evolution of collectivity.
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van Gestel, J. Slow lane to collectivity. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 292–293 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1116-7
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