Abstract A Whole Genome Duplication (WGD) event occurred several Ma in a Rosaceae
ancestor, giving rise to the Maloideae subfamily which includes today many pome fruits such …

If two related plant species hybridize, their genomes may be combined and duplicated within
a single nucleus, thereby forming an allotetraploid. How the emerging plant balances two co …

Plant genomes have evolved several evolutionary mechanisms to tolerate and make use of
transposable elements (TEs). Of these, transposon domestication into cis-regulatory and …

Transposable elements (TEs) make up a large portion of plant genomes and play a vital role
in genome structure, function, and evolution. Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is …

Maize is one of the world's most important crops and a model for grass genome research.
Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons comprise most of the maize genome; their …

Neo-Darwinism presumes that biological variation is a product of random genetic replication
errors and natural selection. Cognition-Based Evolution (CBE) asserts a comprehensive …

The distinctive biology and unique evolutionary features of snakes make them fascinating
model systems to elucidate how genomes evolve and how variation at the genomic level is …

Polyploidy is a widespread phenomenon across angiosperms, and one of the main drivers
of diversification. Whilst it frequently involves hybridisation, autopolyploidy is also an …

The eukaryotic nucleus is continuously being exposed to endogenous and exogenous
sources that cause DNA breaks, whose faithful repair requires the activity of dedicated …

In a cross between two homozygous Brassica napus plants of synthetic and natural origin,
we demonstrate that novel structural genome variants from the synthetic parent cause …