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Re:Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured hum... by tjradcliffe on Friday January 23, 2015 @08:49PM (#8938490)
Actually, evolution is almost entirely dominated by selection at the individual level, with a modicum of kin selection thrown in. The notion that selection acts at other levels is highly speculative (I wrote a novel based on the idea, but it's the purest kind of speculative fiction: http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Theorem-TJ-Radcliffe-ebook/dp/...)
Re:Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured hum... by DavidSJ on Saturday January 24, 2015 @06:47PM (#8941513)
Sounds like you're agreeing with me? By "lineage" I'm talking primarily about the lineage of a gene, or in many cases the so-called inclusive fitness of an individual.