A postmeiotic route to polyploidy
Cintia Gómez-Muñoz, Nina Vittorelli, Maxime Gaudin, Nicolas Agier, Stéphane Delmas, Yann Corbeau, Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Gianni Liti, Bertrand Llorente, Gilles Fischer
The paper identifies a novel mechanism for autopolyploidization in yeast called SEM, demonstrating triploid and tetraploid formation through postmeiotic endoreplication and mating.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2026 · PreprintGenomics