Gene duplication is an important evolutionary mechanism allowing to provide new genetic
material and thus opportunities to acquire new gene functions for an organism, with major …

Highlights•Dosage balance is fluid and will change over time.•Duplicate genes are
preserved by interplay of multiple overlapping mechanisms.•Distinguishing duplicate gene …

For most sequenced flowering plants, multiple whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are
found. Duplicated genes following WGD often have different fates that can quickly disappear …

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays represent important genotyping tools for
innovative strategies in both basic research and applied breeding. Pea is an important food …

F-box gene family, as one of the largest gene families in plants, plays crucial roles in
regulating plant development, reproduction, cellular protein degradation and responses to …

Background Divergence in gene structure following gene duplication is not well understood.
Gene duplication can occur via whole-genome duplication (WGD) and single-gene …

Background Resistance genes composing the two-layer immune system of plants are
thought as important markers for breeding pathogen-resistant crops. Many have been the …

The RNA-binding glycine-rich proteins (RBGs) of the glycine-rich protein family play vital
roles in regulating gene expression both at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional …

Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are non-heme iron-containing dioxygenases involved in many
developmental and stress-responsive processes in plants. However, little is known about the …

Background All extant seed plants are successful paleopolyploids, whose genomes carry
duplicate genes that have survived repeated episodes of diploidization. However, the …