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

Polyploid cells, which contain more than two genome copies, occur throughout nature.
Beyond well-established roles in increasing cell size/metabolic output, polyploidy can also …

Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, has played a major role in the evolution of many
eukaryotic lineages. Although the prevalence of polyploidy in plants is well documented, the …

Polyploidy is a major force in plant evolution and speciation. In newly formed allopolyploids,
pairing between related chromosomes from different subgenomes (homoeologous …

Polyploidy is rarer in animals than in plants. Why? Since Muller's observation in 1925, many
hypotheses have been proposed and tested, but none were able to completely explain this …

Polyploidy is a mutation with profound phenotypic consequences and thus hypothesized to
have transformative effects in plant ecology. This is most often considered in the context of …

Polyploidy appears dependent on heterozygosity! The largest group of polyploids, the
allopolyploids (disomic polyploids), have fixed heterozygosity in the two or more divergent …

Polyploidy, the genome wide duplication of chromosome number, is a key feature in
eukaryote evolution. Polyploidy exists in diverse groups including animals, fungi, and …

Polyploidy is an evolutionary process whereby two or more genomes are brought together
into the same nucleus, usually by hybridization followed by chromosome doubling. As a …

Allopolyploid speciation is widespread in plants, yet the molecular requirements for
successful orchestration of coordinated gene expression for two divergent and reunited …