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Evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in prokaryotes and the origin of mitosis and meiosis

BACKGROUND: The origin of eukaryote-specific traits such as mitosis and sexual reproduction remains disputable. There is growing evidence that both mitosis and eukaryotic sex (i.e., the alternation of syngamy and meiosis) may have already existed in the basal eukaryotes. The mating system of the hal...

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Autores principales: Markov, Alexander V., Kaznacheev, Ilya S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27277956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13062-016-0131-8