Abstract Background The genus Spartina exhibits extensive hybridization and includes
classic examples of recent speciation by allopolyploidy. In the UK there are two hexaploid …

Abstract In Southampton Water, UK, the recent (c. 150 years ago) interspecific hybridisation
between Spartina alterniflora (2n= 6x= 62; A-genome) and S. maritima (2n= 6x= 60; M …

Spartina alterniflora, introduced into the UK in the 1800s, was the seed parent in an
interspecific hybridization with S. maritima. The sterile F1 hybrid S.× townsendii gave rise to …

Gene expression dynamics is a key component of polyploid evolution, varying in nature,
intensity, and temporal scales, most particularly in allopolyploids, where two or more sub …

Spartina anglica arose during the end of the 19th century in England by hybridization
between the indigenous Spartina maritima and the introduced East American Spartina …

In this study, we report the assembly and annotation of five reference transcriptomes for the
European hexaploid Spartina species (S. maritima, S. alterniflora and their homoploid …

Spartina anglica is a classical example of recent alloploid speciation. It arose during the end
of the nineteenth century in England by hybridization between the indigenous Spartina …

Polyploidy and recurrent interspecific hybridization represent major features of Spartina
evolution, resulting in several superimposed divergent genomes that coexist in the currently …

Allopolyploidy is a peculiar process entailing the cohabitation of two (or more) divergent
genomes. Consequences on plant genomes are varied and can utlimately alter gene …

In this paper, we examine how the Spartina system has helped our understanding of the
genomic aspects of allopolyploid speciation in the context of biological invasion. More …