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polyploidization

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  • noun genetics hybridization that leads to polyploidy

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  • Speciation of numerous plants, both angiosperms and ferns such as hemp nettle, primrose, radish and cabbage, and various fern species has been seen via hybridization and polyploidization since the early 20th century.

    Why the new Darwin Debate is Good News | PopPolitics.com 2004

  • Speciation of numerous plants, both angiosperms and ferns such as hemp nettle, primrose, radish and cabbage, and various fern species has been seen via hybridization and polyploidization since the early 20th century.

    Why the new Darwin Debate is Good News | PopPolitics.com 2004

  • Several speciation events in plants have been observed that did not involve hybridization or polyploidization such as maize and S. malheurensis.

    Why the new Darwin Debate is Good News | PopPolitics.com 2004

  • Several speciation events in plants have been observed that did not involve hybridization or polyploidization such as maize and S. malheurensis.

    Why the new Darwin Debate is Good News | PopPolitics.com 2004

  • FDR as well as apomixis as a whole are of interest in plant breeding, allowing for polyploidization and fixation of hybrid vigor, respectively.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • It has also been argued that tolerance towards polyploidization, compared to the sometimes severe effects of smaller duplications can be explained by conservation of stoichiometry

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Benjamin Schuster-B�ckler et al. 2010

  • Indeed, since the polyploidization event of wheat, significant sequence changes have occurred that might cause mutation or lost of

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amadou Diallo et al. 2010

  • One consequence of a reticulate structure is that if subsequent hybridization between genetically related species occurs, fertility of the hybrids can be enhanced because their chromosomes may pair more readily, and polyploidization generally provides an effective way to escape from sterility (Stebbins, 1940).

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Morita K, Flemming AJ, Sugihara Y, Mochii M, Suzuki Y, et al. (2002) A Caenorhabditis elegans TGF-beta, DBL-1, controls the expression of LON-1, a PR-related protein, that regulates polyploidization and body length.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles 2009

  • Paterson AH, Bowers JE, Chapman BA (2004) Ancient polyploidization predating divergence of the cereals, and its consequences for comparative genomics.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Elisson A. C. Romanel et al. 2009

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