Fig. 7From: Evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in prokaryotes and the origin of mitosis and meiosisLGT improves evolvability and rescues polyploid populations from extinction. a monoploids (1-ploid: no LGT (R lgt  = 0), 1-ploid-lgt01: R lgt  = 0.1, 1-ploid-lgt1: R lgt  = 1). b-d 2-, 6-, and 18-ploids; other parameters and designations as in Fig. 6 a-c except that LGT is modeled instead of gene conversionBack to article page