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 and domestication are common features of plant evolution. A number of selective
advantages conferred by polyploidy appear relevant to domestication. Surprisingly, the …

Highlights•Most studies of polyploidization and diversification use indirect methods as
evidence for polyploidy, and often cannot capture a reticulate history.•Approaches that use …

An essay on how modern flowering plant genomes are derived from processes of repeated,
episodic whole-genome doubling, or polyploidy, is presented. Topics discussed include …

The occurrence of polyploidy in land plant evolution has led to an acceleration of genome
modifications relative to other crown eukaryotes and is correlated with key innovations in …

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Polyploidization is an important mechanism for introducing diversity into a population and
promoting evolutionary change. It is believed that most, if not all, angiosperms have …

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is an important genomic feature for all
eukaryotes, especially many plants and some animals. The common occurrence of …

To study the evolutionary effects of polyploidy on plant gene functions, we analyzed
functional genomics data for a large number of duplicated gene pairs formed by ancient …

All else being equal, polyploids are expected to have larger C-values (amount of DNA in the
unreplicated gametic nucleus) than their diploid progenitors, increasing in direct proportion …