Polyploidy has long been recognized as a major force in angiosperm evolution. Recent
genomic investigations not only indicate that polyploidy is ubiquitous among angiosperms …

Polyploidyiswidelyacknowledgedasamajor… plants. Recentestimatessuggestthat70%
ofalangiospermshave experiencedoneormoreepisodes ofpolyploidization. lnterdscphnary …

Whole genome duplication, leading to polyploidy and endopolyploidy, occurs in all domains
and kingdoms and is especially prevalent in vascular plants. Both polyploidy and …

Although polyploidy has been involved in speciation in both animals and plants, the general
perception is often that it is too rare to have been a significant factor in animal evolution and …

Polyploidy (whole-genome duplication; WGD) is common in plants and has long been
considered as both an important speciation mechanism and a crucial component of plant …

Polyploidy has long been recognized as a prominent force shaping the evolution of
eukaryotes, especially flowering plants. New phenotypes often arise with polyploid formation …

Although it has long been recog-nized that polyploidy (now often referred to as genome
doubling) has played a major role in angiosperm evolution (1), analyses of genomic data …

Polyploidy, a change whereby the entire chromosome set is multiplied, arises through
mitotic or meiotic misdivisions and frequently involves unreduced gametes and interspecific …

Whole-genome duplication (polyploidy) occurs frequently and repeatedly within species of
plants. According to the source of the genomes giving origin to a polyploid plant species …

Highlights•Polyploidy is a common evolutionary feature in all eukaryotes especially in
plants.•Ploidy and intergenomic hybridization induce genetic and epigenetic changes.•DNA …