Did meiosis evolve before sex and the evolution of eukaryotic life cycles?

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1091-1101

  Niklas, Karl J ^a   Cobb, Edward D ^a   Kutschera, Ulrich ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Alternation of generations; Auto polyploidy; Chiasmata; Embryophytes; Meiosis; Syngamy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPHYTA; FERTILIZATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEIOSIS; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEX;

EID: 84907877646     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400045     Document Type: Article

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