Improved transcriptome sampling pinpoints 26 ancient and more recent polyploidy events in Caryophyllales, including two allopolyploidy events

Y Yang, MJ Moore, SF Brockington, J Mikenas… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of the macroevolutionary legacy of polyploidy are limited by an incomplete sampling
of these events across the tree of life. To better locate and understand these events, we …

Application of CRISPR/Cas9 to Tragopogon (Asteraceae), an evolutionary model for the study of polyploidy

S Shan, EV Mavrodiev, R Li, Z Zhang… - Molecular Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tragopogon (Asteraceae) is an excellent natural system for studies of recent polyploidy.
Development of an efficient CRISPR/Cas9‐based genome editing platform in Tragopogon …

Revisiting meiosis in sugarcane: chromosomal irregularities and the prevalence of bivalent configurations

MLC Vieira, CB Almeida, CA Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Traditional sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum officinarum) proved highly susceptible to
diseases, and this led breeders to progress to interspecific crosses resulting in disease …

Dating the Species Network: Allopolyploidy and Repetitive DNA Evolution in American Daisies (Melampodium sect. Melampodium, Asteraceae)

J Mccann, TS Jang, J Macas… - Systematic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Allopolyploidy has played an important role in the evolution of the flowering plants. Genome
mergers are often accompanied by significant and rapid alterations of genome size and …

Transgenerationally precipitated meiotic chromosome instability fuels rapid karyotypic evolution and phenotypic diversity in an artificially constructed allotetraploid …

X Gou, Y Bian, A Zhang, H Zhang… - Molecular biology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Although a distinct karyotype with defined chromosome number and structure characterizes
each biological species, it is intrinsically labile. Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication has …

Homoeologous Exchanges and Gene Losses Generate Diversity and Differentiate the B. napus Genome from that of Its Ancestors

B Samans, R Snowdon, AS Mason - The Brassica napus Genome, 2018 - Springer
Brassica napus (rapeseed) is a young allopolyploid species, formed from the union between
progenitor species B. rapa (2 n= AA) and B. oleracea (2 n= CC) less than 7500 years ago …