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Tag Archives: life cycle
Oh my ploidy … diploids evolve more slowly than haploids?
It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I last sat at my keyboard in a TME capacity (#NewPI chat doesn’t really count)! One year ago today, to be exact (writing this on 28 March, for publication on 29 March). Thus, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, blogging, evolution, genomics, haploid-diploid, selection, yeast
Tagged adaptation, diploid, haploid, life cycle, ploidy, selection, yeast
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An evolutionary cycle …
Rescan, Lenormand and Roze (2016) recently published new models on the evolution of life cycles in The American Naturalist. Most animals and protists have diploid life cycles in which the haploid stage is reduced to a single-celled gamete. Other organisms, such … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, haploid-diploid, mutation, selection, transcriptomics
Tagged Evolution, haploid-diploid, life cycle, models, selection
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