title: The evolution of haploid, diploid and polymorphic haploid-diploid life cycles: the role of meiotic mutation.
abstract: Here I present a simple population genetic model to investigate the evolution of polymorphic haploid-diploid life cycles. The key feature of the model is the assumption of mutation occurring during meiosis. I show that, in addition to regions favoring haploid or diploid life cycles, there are substantial regions of the parameter space under which polymorphic haploid-diploid life cycles are expected to evolve.
authors.affiliation: Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1064, USA. davehall@uts.cc.utexas.edu
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004171:Diploidy; D006238:Haploidy; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000235:genetics*; D008540:Meiosis; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012641:Selection, Genetic