Somatic

"You can't spend the same calorie twice. And biological processes are expensive. This creates trade-offs. Perhaps the starkest is between somatic effort (growing your body) and reproductive effort (making offspring). Young organisms prioritize growth."

"... metabolism is advantageous during famine but disadvantageous during abundance - exactly what the Dutch Hunger Winter demonstrated. Germline vs. Somatic: What Actually Gets Passed On The final critical concept: not all cells contribute to the next generation."

"... Trade-Off Every organism receives a fixed amount of energy from food. That energy must be allocated across three competing demands: 1. Survival (Somatic Maintenance) - Cellular repair, immune function, organ maintenance - Keeping the organism alive through environmental challenges - Cost: Continuous..."

"Bacteria show stress-responsive mutation mechanisms. So do yeast. Even mammalian immune systems exhibit this through somatic hypermutation (deliberately error-prone DNA copying in immune cells to create antibody diversity targeting novel pathogens) (Neuberger et al."

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