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Symbiosis represents evolution bringing together the genomes of different species and it is well-established that the phenomenon has been of great significance (e.g., see [11]). When the relationship between the symbionts evolves in the direction of increasing dependency, “a new formation at the level of the organism arises—a complex form having the attributes of an integrated morphophysiological entity” [9, p. 5]. This chapter explores the effects of fitness landscape ruggedness and connectedness upon the evolution of symbiotic organisms which live in close association.
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Bull, L. (2020). Symbiosis. In: The Evolution of Complexity. Emergence, Complexity and Computation, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40730-8_3
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