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Adaptive mutations are shown to have a higher frequency of fixation in evolving diploid than in haploid populations of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, providing direct evidence that it may be an evolutionary advantage to be diploid.
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Paquin, C., Adams, J. Frequency of fixation of adaptive mutations is higher in evolving diploid than haploid yeast populations. Nature 302, 495–500 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302495a0
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