Unreduced gametes: meiotic mishap or evolutionary mechanism?

•The ability to produce unreduced gametes facilitates polyploid speciation.•Unreduced gamete production is under genetic control.•Stress and interspecific hybridisation increase unreduced gamete production.•Unreduced gamete production may comprise an evolutionary mechanism for speciation. Unreduced...

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Published in:	Trends in genetics Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 5 - 10
Main Authors:	Mason, Annaliese S., Pires, J. Chris
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015
Subjects:	Biological Evolution Genetic Variation Germ Cells - metabolism hybrid speciation Inheritance Patterns - genetics Medical Education Meiosis Polyploidy unreduced gametes meiosis polyploidy hybrid speciation unreduced gametes
ISSN:	0168-9525
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