Evolution is the basis of biological diversity, driven by mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and survive. One such ...

some marker chromosomes and aneuploidy. SNP arrays have the added advantage of the ability to identify polyploidy and long stretches of homozygosity that may represent consanguinity or uniparental ...

Typically, organisms have two sets of chromosomes, so having three or more sets is unusual. This condition, called polyploidy, reduces or eliminates genetic exchange with other yeast strains ...