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A framework for integrating natural and sexual selection within- and across-generations of eukaryotic biphasic life cycles
Published: 2021-06-23
Subjects: Agriculture, Behavior and Ethology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution, Food Biotechnology, Food Science, Life Sciences, Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
An alternation between diploid and haploid phases is universal among sexual eukaryotes, with three kinds of biphasic life cycle distinguished by the presence or absence of mitosis in each phase. Across these biphasic cycles, ‘narrow sense’ natural selection and sexual selection occur in both phases. These opportunities for selection arise from variation in the phenotypes of individuals and [...]