Polyploidy (whole‐genome duplication, WGD) is an integral feature of eukaryotic evolution
with two main forms typically recognized, autopolyploidy and allopolyploidy. In plants, a …

Background Species diversity is likely to undergo a sharp decline in the next century.
Perhaps as many as 33% of all plant species may expire as a result of climate change. All …

Investigators have long searched for a polyploidy paradigm—rules or principles that might
be common following polyploidization (whole‐genome duplication, WGD). Here we attempt …

Newly formed polyploids often show extensive meiotic defects, resulting in aneuploid
gametes, and thus reduced fertility. However, while many neopolyploids are meiotically …

PREMISE OF STUDY: Polyploidy is common in eukaryotes and is of major evolutionary
importance over both short and long time‐scales. Compared to allopolyploids …

Reticulate evolution is characterized by occasional hybridization between two species,
creating a network of closely related taxa below and at the species level. In the present …

Hybridization is a creative evolutionary force, increasing genomic diversity and facilitating
adaptation and even speciation. Hybrids often face significant challenges to establishment …

The Iris series Chinenses in Korea comprises four species (I. minutoaurea, I. odaesanensis,
I. koreana, and I. rossii), and the group includes some endangered species, owing to their …

The rhizoma peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth., section Rhizomatosae) is a tetraploid
perennial legume. Although several A. glabrata cultivars have been developed as forage …

Premise Plant genomes vary in size and complexity due in part to polyploidization.
Latitudinal analyses of polyploidy are biased toward floras of temperate regions, with much …