The allopolyploid speciation process faces the genomic challenge of stoichiometric
disruption caused by merging biparental nuclear genomes with only one (usually maternal) …

The growth of all methanogens is limited to a specific temperature range. However,
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus can be found in a variety of natural and artificial …

Cotton fiber developmental transition from elongation to secondary cell wall biosynthesis is
a critical growth shifting phase that affects fiber final length, strength, and other properties …

Interspecific crosses that fuse the genomes of two different species may result in overall
gene expression changes in the hybrid progeny, called 'transcriptome shock'. To better …

Ovate family proteins (OFPs) were firstly identified in tomato as proteins controlling the pear
shape of the fruit. Subsequent studies have successively proved that OFPs are a class of …

Genes duplicated by whole genome duplication (WGD) and small-scale duplication (SSD)
have played important roles in adaptive evolution of all flowering plants. However, it still …

Cotton is one of the most important crops in the world. The Gossypium genus is represented
by 50 species, divided into two levels of ploidy: diploid (2n= 26) and tetraploid (2n= 52). This …

Polyploidization can have a significant ecological and evolutionary impact by providing
substantially more genetic material that may result in novel phenotypes upon which …

Abstract Background Dicer-like proteins (DCLs) are essential players in RNA-silencing
mechanisms, acting in gene regulation via miRNAs and in antiviral protection in plants and …

Allopolyploids arise when two or more species hybridise to form an entirely new species
with a duplicated genome. Although initially met with an array of potentially catastrophic …