Whole-genome duplication (WGD) is usually followed by gene loss and karyotype
repatterning. Despite evidence of new adaptive traits associated with WGD, the …

The Lemnaceae (duckweeds) are the world's smallest but fastest growing flowering plants,
with a drastically reduced morphology and predominant clonal reproductive habit capable of …

Brachypodium distachyon is a model for the temperate cereals and grasses and has a
biology, genomics infrastructure and cytogenetic platform fit for purpose. It is a member of a …

The goal of this research was to investigate whether there has been a whole‐genome
duplication (WGD) in the ancestry of Sphagnum (peatmoss) or the class Sphagnopsida, and …

Polyploids are generally classified as autopolyploids, derived from a single species, and
allopolyploids, arising from interspecific hybridization. The former represent ideal materials …

Polyploidization, the process leading to the increase in chromosome sets, is a major
evolutionary transition in plants. Whole‐genome duplication (WGD) within the same species …

The merging of more or less divergent genomes associated with the multiplication of
chromosome sets–known as polyploidy–is a predominant mode of evolution in plants. The …

Changes in chromosome numbers, including polyploidy and dysploidy events, play a key
role in eukaryote evolution as they could expediate reproductive isolation and have the …

Hybridization and polyploidization are major forces in plant evolution and potatoes are not
an exception. It is proposed that the proliferation of Long Terminal Repeat-retrotransposons …

Lemnaceae taxonomy is challenged by the particular morphology of these tiny free-floating
angiosperms. Although molecular taxonomy has helped clarify the phylogenetic history of …