To put it another way, if a female inserts more of her DNA into an offspring then she loses out on the benefits of sexual reproduction.
Polyploidy probably have greater flexibility for the non-balanced incorporation of DNA, but I’m not familiar enough to comment any more.
It’s not clear this is the case when the sum isn’t 1. (i.e. 1⁄2 + 1⁄2 = 1, versus 1⁄2 + 1 = 3/2*)
*I’m guessing that’s the breakdown.
To put it another way, if a female inserts more of her DNA into an offspring then she loses out on the benefits of sexual reproduction.
It’s not clear this is the case when the sum isn’t 1. (i.e. 1⁄2 + 1⁄2 = 1, versus 1⁄2 + 1 = 3/2*)
*I’m guessing that’s the breakdown.