The Carpathians are the largest mountain range in Central Europe. Their geographical
position, extent, isolation, landscape heterogeneity, well-preserved environment, and …

Highlights•Arabidopsis is an emerging model for polyploid meiosis.•Outcrossing auto and
allopolyploids have distinct genotype frequency distributions.•Meiosis in first generation …

The Brassicaceae include several major crop plants and numerous important model species
in comparative evolutionary research such as Arabidopsis, Brassica, Boechera …

Whole genome duplication (WGD) is a major factor in the evolution of multicellular
eukaryotes, yet by doubling the number of homologs, WGD severely challenges reliable …

Serpentine barrens represent extreme hazards for plant colonists. These sites are
characterized by high porosity leading to drought, lack of essential mineral nutrients, and …

Based on the biological species concept, two species are considered distinct if reproductive
barriers prevent gene flow between them. In Central Europe, the diploid species Arabidopsis …

Among heavy metal plants (the metallophytes), facultative species can live both in soils
contaminated by an excess of heavy metals and in non-affected sites. In contrast, obligate …

Whole-genome duplication, which leads to polyploidy, has been implicated in speciation
and biological novelty. In plants, many species exhibit ploidy variation, which is likely …

Whole genome duplication (WGD), which gives rise to polyploids, is a unique type of
mutation that duplicates all the genetic material in a genome. WGD provides an evolutionary …

Quaternary climatic oscillations profoundly impacted temperate biodiversity. For many
diverse yet undersampled areas, however, the consequences of this impact are still poorly …