Saturday, February 08, 2014

[xooppslq] Evolution with parasites

Evolution under the influence of parasites could theoretically be very weird, so weird as to be unrecognizable as Darwinian evolution.

Fitness heavily influenced by fitness of the host for the parasite rather than the host for the environment. The parasite exercising arbitrary control over the host's behavior, including mate selection.  The parasite rewriting the host's DNA with horizontal transfer.

Similar idea previously.

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