Fig. 10From: Evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in prokaryotes and the origin of mitosis and meiosisEvolutionary effects of mitosis in polyploids. a Mitosis removes disadvantages of polyploidy. b Positive effect of LGT is retained. c Crossing over and chromosome exchange are useless or deleterious by themselves, but highly beneficial in combination. Parameters and designations as in the previous figuresBack to article page