Hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L., genome BBAADD) is generally more salt
tolerant than its tetraploid wheat progenitor (Triticum turgidum L.). However, little is known …

Genome size varies extensively across the flowering plants, which has stimulated
speculation regarding the ancestral genome size of these plants and trends in genome …

Drought is one of the major environmental stresses limiting crop growth and production.
MYB family transcription factors play crucial roles in response to abiotic stresses. Previous …

The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution
based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. The theory …

Cotton is an important cash crop worldwide, and is a significant source of fiber, feed,
foodstuff, oil and biofuel products. Considerable effort has been expended to increase …

In the plant kingdom, events of whole genome duplication or polyploidization are generally
believed to occur via alterations of the sexual reproduction process. Thereby, diploid pollen …

The eukaryotic nucleolus is involved in ribosome biogenesis and a wide range of other RNA
metabolism and cellular functions. An important step in the functional analysis of the …

Polyploidy is an evolutionary process whereby two or more genomes are brought together
into the same nucleus, usually by hybridization followed by chromosome doubling. As a …

Allopolyploid speciation is widespread in plants, yet the molecular requirements for
successful orchestration of coordinated gene expression for two divergent and reunited …

Molecular evolutionary rate variation in Gossypium (cotton) was characterized using
sequence data for 48 nuclear genes from both genomes of allotetraploid cotton, models of …