• DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.043
Corpus ID: 1584282

Genomic Clues to the Evolutionary Success of Polyploid Plants

@article{Hegarty2008GenomicCT,
  title={Genomic Clues to the Evolutionary Success of Polyploid Plants},
  author={M. Hegarty and S. Hiscock},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={18},
  pages={R435-R444}
}

• M. Hegarty, S. Hiscock
• Published 2008
• Biology, Medicine
• Current Biology

Polyploidy, or the presence of two or more diploid parental genome sets within an organism, is found to an amazing degree in higher plants. In addition, many plant species traditionally considered to be diploid have recently been demonstrated to have undergone rounds of genome duplication in the past and are now referred to as paleopolyploids. Polyploidy and interspecific hybridisation (with which it is often associated) have long been thought to be important mechanisms of rapid species… Expand