Lehigh University biologists demonstrate key, under-studied aspects of diploid adaptation, including that beneficial mutations that arise in diploids are not recessive, while most beneficial mutations ...

Evolution, Vol. 71, No. 2 (FEBRUARY 2017), pp. 215-226 (12 pages) Many organisms spend a significant portion of their life cycle as haploids and as diploids (a haploid–diploid life cycle). However, ...

The figure illustrates the chromosomal composition and behavior of diploids and derived polyploids at different developmental times in meiosis (a, b) and mitosis (c).

Cereal Research Communications, Vol. 19, No. 1/2, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND FAO/IAEA RESEARCH COORDINATION MEETING ON Use of Induced Mutations in Connection with Haploids and Heterosis in Cereals Held ...