The long and short of doubling down: polyploidy, epigenetics, and the temporal dynamics of genome fractionation

JF Wendel, D Lisch, G Hu, AS Mason - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2018 - Elsevier
We consider the rapidly advancing discipline of plant evolutionary genomics, with a focus on
the evolution of polyploid genomes. In many lineages, polyploidy is followed by 'biased …

Gene duplicability of core genes is highly consistent across all angiosperms

Z Li, J Defoort, S Tasdighian, S Maere… - The Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Gene duplication is an important mechanism for adding to genomic novelty. Hence, which
genes undergo duplication and are preserved following duplication is an important question …

[HTML][HTML] Plant polyploidy: origin, evolution, and its influence on crop domestication

K Zhang, X Wang, F Cheng - Horticultural Plant Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The prevalence and recurrence of polyploidization in plant species make it one of the most
important evolutionary events in plants, and as a result, polyploidization is an extensively …

Genome evolution in polyploids

JF Wendel - Plant molecular evolution, 2000 - Springer
Polyploidy is a prominent process in plants and has been significant in the evolutionary
history of vertebrates and other eukaryotes. In plants, interdisciplinary approaches …

Cis- and trans-regulatory divergence between progenitor species determines gene-expression novelty in Arabidopsis allopolyploids

X Shi, DWK Ng, C Zhang, L Comai, W Ye… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Gene-expression divergence between species shapes morphological evolution, but the
molecular basis is largely unknown. Here we show cis-and trans-regulatory elements and …

The impact of widespread regulatory neofunctionalization on homeolog gene evolution following whole-genome duplication in maize

TE Hughes, JA Langdale, S Kelly - Genome research, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Whole-genome duplications are a widespread feature of plant genome evolution, having
been detected in all flowering plant lineages. Despite the prevalence of these events, the …

Cistrans controls and regulatory novelty accompanying allopolyploidization

G Hu, JF Wendel - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Allopolyploidy is a prevalent process in plants, having important physiological, ecological
and evolutionary consequences. Transcriptomic responses to genomic merger and doubling …

Impact of natural genetic variation on the transcriptome of autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana

Z Yu, G Haberer, M Matthes, T Rattei… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Polyploidy, the presence of more than two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism,
has significantly shaped the genomes of angiosperms during evolution. Two forms of …

Functional divergence between subgenomes and gene pairs after whole genome duplications

Z Liang, JC Schnable - Molecular plant, 2018 - cell.com
Gene loss following whole genome duplication (WGD) is often biased, with one subgenome
retaining more ancestral genes and the other sustaining more gene deletions. While bias …

[HTML][HTML] The role of genomic structural variation in the genetic improvement of polyploid crops

SV Schiessl, E Katche, E Ihien, HS Chawla, AS Mason - The Crop Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Many of our major crop species are polyploids, containing more than one genome or set of
chromosomes. Polyploid crops present unique challenges, including difficulties in genome …