The evolution of life cycles with haploi
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Barbara K. Mable; Sarah P. Otto
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Sexual eukaryotic organisms are characterized by an alternation between haploid and diploid phases. In vascular plants and animals, somatic growth and development occur primarily in the diploid phase, with the haploid phase reduced to the gametic cells. In many other eukaryotes, however, growth and