Ploidy and the causes of genomic evolution.

Abstract excerpt

Genomes vary dramatically in size and in content. This variation is driven in part by numerous polyploidization events that have happened over the course of eukaryotic evolution. Experimental evolution studies, primarily using the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, provide insights into the immediate fitness effects of ploidy mutations, the ability of organisms of different ploidy levels to mask deleterious...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Evolution, Molecular
• Mutation
• Ploidies
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Selection, Genetic