{"id":264064,"date":"2024-11-07T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T20:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/marmots-could-have-the-solution-to-a-long-running-debate-in-evolution\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:35","slug":"marmots-could-have-the-solution-to-a-long-running-debate-in-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/marmots-could-have-the-solution-to-a-long-running-debate-in-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yellow-bellied marmots live in colonies with a single dominant male<\/p>\n

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Friendly groups of marmots could help settle an enduring debate in evolution \u2013 whether the characteristics of a group can be more important to an individual\u2019s chances of survival than the characteristics of that individual. An analysis of their behaviour is the first evidence in wild animals for this evolutionary idea, known as multilevel selection<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we found is that the group traits are under just as strong selection as the individual traits, if not slightly stronger,\u201d says Conner Philson<\/a> at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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