Background Biological invasions are a major ecological and socio-economic problem in
many parts of the world. Despite an explosion of research in recent decades, much remains …

Polyploidy is a mutation with profound phenotypic consequences and thus hypothesized to
have transformative effects in plant ecology. This is most often considered in the context of …

Mixed-ploidy species harbor a unique form of genomic and phenotypic variation that
influences ecological interactions, facilitates genetic divergence, and offers insights into the …

During the past decade there has been a tremendous resurgence of interest in polyploidy
that has in large part been stimulated by the development of increasingly powerful genetic …

Hybrid zones are 'natural laboratories' for studying the origin, maintenance and demise of
species. Theory predicts that hybrid zones can move in space and time, with significant …

Polyploidy, or the presence of two or more diploid parental genome sets within an organism,
is found to an amazing degree in higher plants. In addition, many plant species traditionally …

The prevalence of polyploidy in wild and crop species has stimulated debate over its
evolutionary advantages and disadvantages. Previous studies have focused on changes …

Genome sequencing has demonstrated that besides frequent small-scale duplications, large-
scale duplication events such as whole genome duplications (WGDs) are found on many …

Polyploidy, or whole‐genome duplication often with hybridization, is common in eukaryotes
and is thought to drive ecological and evolutionary success, especially in plants. The …

The ecological and adaptive significance of plant polyploidization is not well understood and
no clear pattern of association between polyploid frequency and environment has emerged …