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Polyploidy in vegetables: Unveiling genetic secrets for crop evolution and breeding success

A research team has elucidated the role of polyploidy in the evolution and breeding of vegetable crops, leveraging advanced sequencing technologies to dissect the genetic and epigenetic nuances of ...
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Solving the evolutionary puzzle of polyploidy: how genome duplication shapes adaptation

Evolution is the basis of biological diversity, driven by mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and survive. One such mechanism is polyploidy, where organisms carry extra copies of their genomes.
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Flower power and the mustard bomb: Comparative analysis of gene and genome duplications in glucosinolate biosynthetic pathway evolution in Cleomaceae and Brassicaceae

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 103, No. 7, SPECIAL ISSUE: The Evolutionary Importance of Polyploidy (July 2016), pp. 1212-1222 (11 pages) PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Glucosinolates (GS) are a class of ...
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Pathways to polyploidy: indications of a female triploid bridge in the alpine species Ranunculus kuepferi (Ranunculaceae)

Vol. 303, No. 8, Special Issue: Polyploidy in Deep and Shallow Evolutionary Times (October 2017), pp. 1093-1108 (16 pages) Polyploidy is one of the most important evolutionary processes in plants. In ...