Roles of Mutation, Ploidy, and Recombination in Adaptive Evolution in Two Divergent Model Yeasts.

doi:10.3390/genes17020204

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Roles of Mutation, Ploidy, and Recombination in Adaptive Evolution in Two Divergent Model Yeasts.

Genes - 8 Feb 2026

Hitchcock Megan, Xu Jianping

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Genetic variation underlies the capacity of populations to adapt, yet what drives how this variation is generated and maintained in natural populations remains poorly understood. Fundamental processes such as mutation, ploidy, and recombination are known to shape genetic variation and adaptive po...

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Recombination, Genetic
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Mutation
Adaptation, Physiological
Ploidies
Evolution, Molecular
Cryptococcus
Biological Evolution
Genome, Fungal
Genetic Variation

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