Open AccessTwo Genomes Are Better Than One: Widespread Paleopolyploidy in Plants and Evolutionary Effects
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.160710
Subject(s) - biology , genome , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene
Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication resulting in the doubling of chromosome numbers, is widespread among the flowering plants and is widely believed to play an important role in species evolution and diversification ([Otto and Whitton, 2000][1]; [Wendel, 2000][2]). It was proposed more than 50
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