Evolutionary Consequences, Constraints and Potential of Polyploidy in Plants

• Published in: Cytogenetic and genome research Vol. 140; no. 2-4; pp. 137 - 150
• Main Authors: Weiss-Schneeweiss, H., Emadzade, K., Jang, T.-S., Schneeweiss, G.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Chromosomes, Plant - genetics; Diploidy; DNA Transposable Elements; DNA, Plant - genetics; Ecosystem; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary Consequences, Constraints and Potential of Polyploidy; Genetic Loci; Genetic Variation; Genome, Plant; Phylogeny; Plants - classification; Plants - genetics; Polyploidy; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Repetitive DNA; Polyploidy; Diversification; Chromosome evolution; Ecogeography

Polyploidy, the possession of more than 2 complete genomes, is a major force in plant evolution known to affect the genetic and genomic constitution and the phenotype of an organism, which will have consequences for its ecology and geography as well as for lineage diversification and speciation. In...