Doubling down on genomes: polyploidy and crop plants

S Renny‐Byfield, JF Wendel - American journal of botany, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploidy, or whole genome multiplication, is ubiquitous among angiosperms. Many crop
species are relatively recent allopolyploids, resulting from interspecific hybridization and …

Plant volatile organic compounds evolution: transcriptional regulation, epigenetics and polyploidy

J Picazo-Aragonés, A Terrab, F Balao - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted by plants as a consequence of their
interaction with biotic and abiotic factors, and have a very important role in plant evolution …

Significant enhancement of fatty acid composition in seeds of the allohexaploid, Camelina sativa, using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

WZ Jiang, IM Henry, PG Lynagh… - Plant biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease system is a powerful and flexible tool for genome editing, and
novel applications of this system are being developed rapidly. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 …

Transcriptome and methylome profiling reveals relics of genome dominance in the mesopolyploid Brassica oleracea

IAP Parkin, C Koh, H Tang, SJ Robinson, S Kagale… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Brassica oleracea is a valuable vegetable species that has contributed to
human health and nutrition for hundreds of years and comprises multiple distinct cultivar …

Polyploidy: pitfalls and paths to a paradigm

DE Soltis, CJ Visger, DB Marchant… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Investigators have long searched for a polyploidy paradigm—rules or principles that might
be common following polyploidization (whole‐genome duplication, WGD). Here we attempt …

[HTML][HTML] Homoeologs: what are they and how do we infer them?

NM Glover, H Redestig, C Dessimoz - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
The evolutionary history of nearly all flowering plants includes a polyploidization event.
Homologous genes resulting from allopolyploidy are commonly referred to as 'homoeologs' …

Gene duplication as a driver of plant morphogenetic evolution

SA Rensing - Current opinion in plant biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Whole genome duplications are an important mode of plant evolution.•Plants
evolve developmental novelties by retention of duplicated control genes.•Genes controlling …

Autotetraploid rice methylome analysis reveals methylation variation of transposable elements and their effects on gene expression

J Zhang, Y Liu, EH Xia, QY Yao… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), serves as a key innovation in plant
evolution and is an important genomic feature for all eukaryotes. Neopolyploids have to …

Genome-wide chromatin accessibility analysis unveils open chromatin convergent evolution during polyploidization in cotton

J Han, D Lopez-Arredondo, G Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Allopolyploidization, resulting in divergent genomes in the same cell, is believed to trigger a
“genome shock”, leading to broad genetic and epigenetic changes. However, little is …

Epigenetics: beyond chromatin modifications and complex genetic regulation

SR Eichten, RJ Schmitz, NM Springer - Plant physiology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin modifications and epigenetics may play important roles in many plant processes,
including developmental regulation, responses to environmental stimuli, and local …