J. Arvid Ågren
Evolutionary biologist and Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, affiliated researcher at Uppsala University's Evolutionary Biology Centre, and author of The Gene's-Eye View of Evolution, focusing on within-organism conflicts and evolution.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 1h 9min
#483 - The Paradox of the Organism: A Dialogue with Arvid Ågren & Manus Patten
Manus M. Patten, evolutionary biologist at Georgetown who studies conflict in organisms, and J. Arvid Ågren, evolutionary biologist exploring within-organism conflicts, discuss how selfish parts coexist inside bodies. They cover origins of multicellularity, cancer and pregnancy as clinical examples, genomic imprinting, transmission versus trait-distorting elements, and links to philosophy and applied biology.
