Schematic illustration of the simplest model of the polyploid organism (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

Schematic illustration of the simplest model of the polyploid organism

Caption

Each cell randomly inherits genome copies of the mother cell. Each genome is duplicated multiple times and is neutrally selected.

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Reproduced from Hatakeyama and Ohbayashi PRX life

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