Sexual reproduction leads to an alternation between haploid and diploid phases, whose relative length varies widely across taxa. The proportion of the life cycle spent in the haploid and diploid phase has important consequences on a number of adaptive processes. This thesis combines theoretical approaches exploring the effect of genetic and ecological factors on the evolution of life cycles, and experimental work on the effects of ploidy on the evolution of reproductive isolation between populations. The theoretical part consisted in integrating ecological components into genetic models for the evolution of life cycles. In particular, I explored the interplay between niche differentiation between haploids and diploids (known to favour the m...
<p>A) The mitotic fitness components lag (time to initiate proliferation), rate (population doubling...
Natural selection acts on phenotypes within populations, yet it is allele frequency changes at the g...
Ploidy varies tremendously within and between species, yet the factors that influence when or why pl...
Sexual reproduction leads to an alternation between haploid and diploid phases, whose relative lengt...
La reproduction sexuée conduit à l'alternance d'une phase haploïde et d'une phase diploïde, dont la ...
Many organisms spend a significant portion of their life cycle as haploids and as diploids (a haploi...
Sexual reproduction leads to an alternation between haploid and diploid phases, whose relative lengt...
As an immediate consequence of sexual reproduction, biphasic life cycles with alternating diploid an...
Many organisms spend a significant portion of their life cycle as haploids and as diploids (a haploi...
In this thesis, I investigate several aspects of life cycle evolution using mathematical models. (1)...
<div><p>The number of chromosome sets contained within the nucleus of eukaryotic organisms is a fund...
Evolutionary rates and strength of selection differ markedly between haploid and diploid genomes. An...
Reproductive systems determine how genetic material is passed from one generation to the next, makin...
Previous modelling of the haploid-to-diploid ratio (H:D) in biphasic life cycles relied on estimates...
Despite a great deal of theoretical attention, we have limited empirical data about how ploidy influ...
<p>A) The mitotic fitness components lag (time to initiate proliferation), rate (population doubling...
Natural selection acts on phenotypes within populations, yet it is allele frequency changes at the g...
Ploidy varies tremendously within and between species, yet the factors that influence when or why pl...
Sexual reproduction leads to an alternation between haploid and diploid phases, whose relative lengt...
La reproduction sexuée conduit à l'alternance d'une phase haploïde et d'une phase diploïde, dont la ...
Many organisms spend a significant portion of their life cycle as haploids and as diploids (a haploi...
Sexual reproduction leads to an alternation between haploid and diploid phases, whose relative lengt...
As an immediate consequence of sexual reproduction, biphasic life cycles with alternating diploid an...
Many organisms spend a significant portion of their life cycle as haploids and as diploids (a haploi...
In this thesis, I investigate several aspects of life cycle evolution using mathematical models. (1)...
<div><p>The number of chromosome sets contained within the nucleus of eukaryotic organisms is a fund...
Evolutionary rates and strength of selection differ markedly between haploid and diploid genomes. An...
Reproductive systems determine how genetic material is passed from one generation to the next, makin...
Previous modelling of the haploid-to-diploid ratio (H:D) in biphasic life cycles relied on estimates...
Despite a great deal of theoretical attention, we have limited empirical data about how ploidy influ...
<p>A) The mitotic fitness components lag (time to initiate proliferation), rate (population doubling...
Natural selection acts on phenotypes within populations, yet it is allele frequency changes at the g...
Ploidy varies tremendously within and between species, yet the factors that influence when or why pl...