Polyploidy is widely recognized as a major driver of evolutionary innovation, speciation, and environmental adaptation across plants and animals, providing genetic redundancy that facilitates evolutionary novelties.
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A Comprehensive Review on Genomics of Plant Speciation: How Hybridization and Polyploidy Drive Evolutionary Innovation
2026 · cited by 0
Polyploidy drives evolutionary innovation, ecological adaptation, and rapid speciation in plants.
Evidence against · 1
Neutral processes underlying the macro eco-evolutionary dynamics of mixed-ploidy systems.
2023 · cited by 0
While polyploidy is widespread, experimental evidence for direct fitness advantages is sometimes ambiguous, and neutral processes can also explain mixed-ploidy dynamics.
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Evolutionary Innovation by Polyploidy
2022 · cited by 0
Gene redundancy from polyploidy accelerates evolution by helping lineages cross lethal fitness valleys.
Evolution by whole genome duplication in Xenopus
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Whole genome duplication provides redundant genetic material that facilitates adaptation to new environments in vertebrates.
Polyploidy in the Arabidopsis genus.
2014 · cited by 0
Whole genome duplication provides raw genetic material for diversification, adaptive radiation, and evolutionary opportunities.
Polyploid Arabidopsis species originated around recent glaciation maxima.
2018 · cited by 0
Polyploidy is frequently associated with environmental challenges such as glacial maxima, providing adaptive advantages.
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms for gene expression and phenotypic variation in plant polyploids.
2007 · cited by 0
Having multiple sets of genetic material offers an evolutionary advantage for adaptive evolution and phenotypic variation.