Evolution: he who grabs too much loses all

Eric Jenczewski (1)

1 IJPB - Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin

Polyploidy can result in both evolutionary dead-ends and successful evolutionary transitions. A pair of recent papers indicates that adapting meiosis is a necessary step on the way to becoming a successful polyploid.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Eric Jenczewski. Evolution: he who grabs too much loses all. Current Biology - CB, 2013, 23 (21), pp.R961-R963. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2013.09.023⟩. ⟨hal-01204008⟩