4 Answered Questions for the topic polyploidy

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06/27/19

Why does polyploidy give an evolutionary advantage?
I would like to know what advantages polyploidy holds. I have come across a few examples during my research of polyploidy, for example human adults' hearts contain 27% diploid, 71% tetraploid and... more
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06/27/19

Why is polyploidy much more common in plants than in animals?
There are very few animals with polyploidy like salamanders. Why is it that polyploidy is so uncommon in animals? On the other hand there are numerous examples of polyploid plants. If ut something... more
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06/12/19

Is there a practical upper limit to ploidy?
In my AP Biology class, we were discussing polyploidy, specifically, its deleterious nature in mammals and its prevalence in plants. We also learned that commercial crops, especially fruit, are... more
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05/30/19

Does polyploidy always isolate the polyploids from the diploid source population?
I am receiving conflicting information while researching polyploid speciation. On the one hand, some sources state that a polyploid can only reproduce sexually with polyploids having the same... more
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