… crop domestication and the development of traits with agronomic importance. Based on the
progress of plant polyploidization … improve our understanding of polyploid evolution and that …

… To test whether crop domestication was associated with polyploidy, we compiled a … each
containing at least one major crop species, for a total of 297 crop and 2,836 wild species. Since …

Recent advances in the genomics of polyploid species answer some of the long-standing
questions about the role of polyploidy in crop species. Here, we summarize the current …

… to morphological and domestication traits during evolution [60]. … evolution and domestication
of polyploid plants and crops are … Polyploidy is thought to facilitate crop domestication [105], …

… distribution of polyploidy in 244 crop species was compared to the estimates of polyploidy
in … on the frequencies of polyploidy in crop plants and its role in the domestication process. It …

… of wheat, for example, was due to human cultivation after domestication 8 . Polyploidy in …
role played by polyploidy in plant evolution, but polyploid crops have received less research …

… of (allo)polyploidy is central to our understanding of crop plant domestication, agricultural …
In this review, we explore the role of polyploidy in angiosperm evolution, the domestication …

… of polyploids in the plant kingdom, many important crops exhibit both … Since polyploidy is so
common in plants they must have … Among the presumed main advantages of polyploidy are …

… traits in this polyploid crop. Here, we summarize recent advances in characterizing major
genetic factors underlying the origin, evolution, and improvement of polyploid wheats. We end …

… of polyploidy derive from recent QTL mapping efforts in a number of diverse crop plants of
recent and welldefined polyploid … Convergent domestication of cereal crops by independent …