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Ming Liu

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Postdoc at Oxford with Kevin Foster | PhD from West group | Theoretical Biologist | Eco-evolutionary dynamics, microbial communities, cooperation, and fluctuating selection https://mingpapilio.github.io/

Ming Liu

10 июн., 21:00

@stuwest.bsky.social @georgeshillcock.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social

Ming Liu

10 июн., 20:58

This can create a feedback loop: safer colonies can grow larger, and larger colonies may gain even more from collective protection. In short, disease may not just be a cost of social life — it may also help shape the evolution of social complexity.

Ming Liu

10 июн., 20:58

We find that social immunity can evolve even in relatively simple social systems, if the benefits of protecting others from disease are high enough. Once it evolves, it can reduce colony mortality, allowing colonies to grow for longer before reproducing.