Despite the importance of polyploidy and the increasing availability of new genomic data,
there remain important gaps in our knowledge of polyploid population genetics. These gaps …

Self-fertilization and apomixis have often been seen as alternative evolutionary strategies of
flowering plants that are advantageous for colonization scenarios and in bottleneck …

Interspecific hybridization and polyploidy are pivotal processes in plant evolution and
speciation. The fate of new hybrid and polyploid taxa is determined by their ability to …

Abstract Background and Aims Asexual organisms are more widespread in previously
glaciated areas than their sexual relatives ('geographical parthenogenesis'). In plants, this …

Abstract Blueberry (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus) is an important small fruit crop native
to North America. Relationships among the primary species known as 'blueberry'has been a …

The distribution of genetic variation can be interpreted to understand the timing and
mechanisms of invasive species spread. Allee effects, positive relationships between fitness …

The Canary Islands have an enormous richness of crops and varieties, many of them
traditional or local, selected for decades by farmers based on the most desirable …

Why and how sexual reproduction is maintained in natural populations, the so-called “queen
of problems,” is a key unanswered question in evolutionary biology. Recent efforts to solve …

Yellow rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (PST), is an important disease that
threatens wheat production in Pakistan. This study was designed to explore the virulence …

Refugia are expected to preserve genetic variation of relict taxa, especially in polyploids,
because high gene dosages could prevent genetic erosion in small isolated populations …