For several years allopolyploid cottons have been the subject of evolutionary investigations
into the genomic mysteries of polyploidy. An array of genomic interactions have been …

Of the many processes that generate gene duplications, polyploidy is unique in that entire
genomes are duplicated. This process has been important in the evolution of many …

Polyploidization has occurred often in the evolutionary history of eukaryotes, yet we are only
now learning about the genetic and epigenetic events that occur in newly formed polyploids …

We present an overview of the cotton genus (Gossypium) as a model for the study of
polyploidy. A synopsis of the origin and evolution of polyploid cotton is provided, offering an …

Background Modern allotetraploid cotton contains an “A” and “D” genome from an ancestral
polyploidy event that occurred approximately 1–2 million years ago. Diploid A-and D …

Allotetraploid plant species originate when the genomes of diploid species are brought
together in hybrids and then duplicated, a process apparently initiated by fertilization …

Recent work has demonstrated that allopolyploid speciation in plants may be associated
with non-Mendelian genomic changes in the early generations following polyploid …

Polyploidy is an important force in the evolution of flowering plants. Genomic merger and
doubling induce an extensive array of genomic effects, including immediate and long-term …

A detailed restriction fragment length polymorphism map was used to determine the
chromosomal locations and subgenomic distributions of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) …

Polyploid formation and processes that create partial genomic duplication generate
redundant genomic information, whose fate is of particular interest to evolutionary biologists …