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PLOIDY MIXES. "It is hypothesized that diploid colonies are always a part of variable tetraploid populations as the populations are characterized to have frequent sexual reproduction that only diploid species are capable of in nature." https://lnkd.in/etn6Uea View in LinkedIn

POLYPLOID GRASSES. "Studying the grass family is extremely powerful in research for multiple reasons. With 80% of its species being polyploid, grasses are an ideal system to study as it may yield knowledge for understanding ploidy levels. This family is similarly the only large family where having a high frequency of polyploids has been a successful strategy throughout the family." http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/asu/f/Mueller,%20Marissa%20Thesis.pdf View in LinkedIn

BUMPY TRANSITION PHASE. "When initially creating a polyploid species there is a negative association of reproductive success that occurs which leaves species in distress. The initial phase (1st few generations) following polyploidy has been suggested to bottle-neck some species or cause decreased genetic variation and diversity so that specific genes are eliminated." https://lnkd.in/etn6Uea View in LinkedIn

MEIOSIS MAKES GERM CELLS. "Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells – sperm in males, eggs in females." https://lnkd.in/eF42xiU View in LinkedIn

"MEIOSIS is an ancestral, highly conserved process in eukaryotic life cycles, and for all eukaryotes the shared component of sexual reproduction." https://lnkd.in/etsJH7u View in LinkedIn

IS IT TRUE that evolution has trended in more complex organisms toward sexual reproduction? For the reason of creating greater genetic variety? We take a journey into meiosis and sex in the evolution of creatures on this planet. Why did nature bother to invent sex? View in LinkedIn

A SMIDGE OF NOTHING. “Roughly 70% of the universe is made of dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 25%. The rest — everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter adds up to less than 5% of the universe.” https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/136762377389/7-facts-that-will-make-you-feel-very-small View in LinkedIn

TRIGGER UNRESOLVED. "In conclusion, although abiotic and oxidative stresses seems to play a role in the transition from somatic to reproductive fate and the regulation of (apo)meiosis, their potential role as a driving force promoting sexual or asexual reproduction remains unclear and warrants further investigation." https://lnkd.in/ewV3vWP View in LinkedIn

INFINITE UNIVERSES. “They call it the multiverse. It’s a cosmos in which there are multiple universes. And by multiple, I mean an infinite number. These uncountable realms sit side by side in higher dimensions that our senses are incapable of perceiving directly.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2017/may/17/multiverse-have-astronomers-found-evidence-of-parallel-universes View in LinkedIn

MUTANT OFFSPRING. "Over recent years, investigations into the regulatory processes governing meiosis have allowed the identification of meiotic mutants that generate unreduced gametes." http://dev.biologists.org/content/develop/142/2/229.full.pdf View in LinkedIn