Article
Deleterious mutations and the origin of the meiotic ploidy cycle.
Genetics - 1 Jul 1992
Bengtsson B O
Abstract excerpt
A population genetical model is investigated in which the organism either alternates between diploid and haploid states or lives entirely in the haploid state. The behavior of the organism is determined by the genotype at a modifier locus. At an independent locus deleterious mutations occur at a low but constant frequency. It is found that the haploid behavior is always an evolutionarily attainable stable trait,...
Topics
- Genetics, Population
- Meiosis
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Ploidies