Polyploidy, or the duplication of entire genomes, has been observed in prokaryotic and
eukaryotic organisms, and in somatic and germ cells. The consequences of polyploidization …

Hybridization has many and varied impacts on the process of speciation. Hybridization may
slow or reverse differentiation by allowing gene flow and recombination. It may accelerate …

Mungbean (Vigna radiata) is a fast-growing, warm-season legume crop that is primarily
cultivated in developing countries of Asia. Here we construct a draft genome sequence of …

The prevalence of autopolyploids in angiosperms has long been a subject of debate.
Müntzing (1936) and Darlington (1937) concluded that autopolyploids were common and …

Background Biological invasions are a major ecological and socio-economic problem in
many parts of the world. Despite an explosion of research in recent decades, much remains …

Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs), also referred to as paleopolyploidizations,
have been reported in most evolutionary lineages. Their attributed role remains a major …

Polyploidy, the condition of possessing more than two complete genomes in a cell, has
intrigued biologists for almost a century. Polyploidy is found in many plants and some animal …

During the process of speciation, populations may diverge for traits and at their underlying
loci that contribute barriers to gene flow. These barrier traits and barrier loci underlie …

Polyploidy has contributed to the evolution of eukaryotes, particularly flowering plants. The
genomic consequences of polyploidy have been extensively studied, but the mechanisms …

Polyploidy is a mutation with profound phenotypic consequences and thus hypothesized to
have transformative effects in plant ecology. This is most often considered in the context of …