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 …

The last decade highlighted polyploidy as a rampant evolutionary process that triggers
drastic genome reorganization, but much remains to be understood about their causes and …

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

We used next generation sequencing to characterize and compare the genomes of the
recently derived allotetraploid, Nicotiana tabacum (< 200,000 years old), with its diploid …

We present an overview of Gossypium genome evolution and the implications of this
understanding for targeted breeding objectives. The cotton genus (Gossypium) contains …

The importance of whole-genome multiplication (WGM) in plant evolution has long been
recognized. In flowering plants, WGM is both ubiquitous and in many lineages cyclical, each …

Transposable elements (TEs) are drivers of evolution resulting in episodic surges of genetic
innovation and genomic reorganization (Oliver KR, Greene WK. 2009. TEs: powerful …

Highlights•DNA from plant historic samples can be sequenced using next-generation
sequencing.•Library-based methods are superior to PCR for sequencing of ancient …

Polyploidy in higher plants is a major source of genetic novelty upon which selection may
act to drive evolution, as evidenced by the widespread success of polyploid species in the …

We present an overview of the cotton genus (Gossypium) as a model for the study of
polyploidy. A synopsis of the origin and evolution of polyploid cotton is provided, offering an …