Abstract
The first topic of the Project "The role of asexuality in mutualism stability" is the role of polyploidy in the maintenance of an asexual fungal crop. In general, polyploidy can lead to asexuality due to problems in mitosis (e.g., chromosome loss) and meiosis (e.g., unequal division of chromosomes) as well as conflicts in gene expression. Similar to many human-domesticated plant crops, th…