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.
Tag: whole genome duplication
How do you get more DNA down a pollen tube?
Timing of the effect of polyploidy on clonality in an autopolyploid plant
Effects of plant polyploidy on the legume-rhizobia mutualism
Polyploidy and the evolution of flax
A previous and hitherto unknown whole-genome duplication event also occurred in cultivated flax 20–40 MYA.
