A new study details the ancient origins and hybridization processes that led to modern strawberries complex genetic makeup.

Leading expert on plant evolution and speciation and professor of Iowa State University, Jonathan Wendel, presented his research Thursday on cotton genomes and polyploidy in his presentation “Genes, ...

“The modern strawberry has about four times as much DNA as the most ancient wild strawberries,” said Vance Whitaker, a ...

To start, polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of chromosomes. Humans, and most species, are diploid: They have two complete sets of chromosomes, one ...

Polyploidy and long-distance dispersal jointly shape global species diversification in yellowcress, finds study. Long-distance dispersal (LDD) is one of the most important biogeographical processes.

Evolution is the basis of biological diversity, driven by mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and survive. One such ...

Polyploidy is a state where a cell contains more copies of the genetic material than the usual "diploid" cell, which contains ...

Additionally, polyploidy events seem to occur during mass extinction events, like the one at the boundary of the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods approximately 66 million years ago; polyploidy may ...

Highlighting polyploidy's potential to enhance crop yields and qualities, the review advocates for its application in vegetable breeding for economic and dietary benefits. Despite the strides in ...

The idea of “man-eating plants” has long captured our macabre imaginations. Pitcher plants, however, require a much smaller meal. They capture insects using their highly specialized pitcher-shaped ...

Polyploidy often occurs in human diseases and cancers, and its effect on cell fate was unclear. Now, however, researchers from Japan have shown that polyploidy can be a double-edged sword when it ...

While the polyploid nature of its genome may have provided C. arabica with some advantages, it also left it vulnerable to disease, especially coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix).