Plants can become less uniform by duplicating their genome
Though the experiment was limited to two genotypes of a single species, these findings support the idea that whole genome duplication can indeed increase plasticity.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Though the experiment was limited to two genotypes of a single species, these findings support the idea that whole genome duplication can indeed increase plasticity.
A previous and hitherto unknown whole-genome duplication event also occurred in cultivated flax 20–40 MYA.