All natural plant species are evolved from ancient polyploids. Polyloidization plays an
important role in plant genome evolution, species divergence and crop domestication. We …

One of the most common challenges for both conventional and modern crop improvement is
that the appearance of one desirable trait in a new crop variety is always balanced by the …

Background Despite the prevalence and recurrence of polyploidization in the speciation of
flowering plants, its impacts on crop intraspecific genome diversification are largely …

The majority of transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) expression studies in plants remain
underutilized and inaccessible due to the use of disparate transcriptome references and the …

Abstract Background Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of large plant
genomes and main drivers of genome evolution. The most recent assembly of hexaploid …

Diversity surveys of crop germplasm are important for gaining insights into the genomic
basis for plant architecture and grain yield improvement, which is still poorly understood in …

Abstract Background Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) has long been
consumed for its unique flavor and composition of health-promoting phytonutrients …

It has long been recognized that hybridization and polyploidy are prominent processes in
plant evolution. Although classically recognized as significant in speciation and adaptation …

Background The growing wealth of knowledge on whole-plant genome sequences is
highlighting the key role of transposable elements (TEs) in plant evolution, as a driver of …

Contents Summary 87 I. Introduction 87 II. Evolution in action: subgenome dominance within
newly formed hybrids and polyploids 88 III. Summary and future directions 90 …