Polyploidy is the presence of more than two homologous sets of chromosomes in a cell or organism. It occurs as a result of genome duplication due to nondisjunction during meiosis. In the ...

In a new study published in Molecular Plant, researchers led by Fu Xiangdong and Lu Fei from the Institute of Genetics and ...

However, the scientists also discovered evidence of multiple sets of chromosomes, or polyploidy. This complicates population genetic analyses, but polyploidy can promote environmental tolerance ...

Jan. 23, 2025 — Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing ...

And the attempts to do mutagenesis in plants showed that chemical mutagenesis appeared very effective and that the genes segregated in a Mendelian fashion, which is not true in many plants because of ...

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