Whole-genome duplication (WGD) is characteristic of almost all fundamental lineages of
land plants. Unfortunately, the timings of WGD events are loosely constrained and …

We summarize, in this review, the evidence that genomic balance influences gene
expression, quantitative traits, dosage compensation, aneuploid syndromes, population …

Gene duplications have long been recognized as a contributor to the evolution of genes with
new functions. Multiple copies of genes can result from tandem duplication, from …

Introgression is a potential source of beneficial genetic diversity. The contribution of
introgression to adaptive evolution and improvement of wheat as it was disseminated …

Abstract Bananas (Musa spp.), including dessert and cooking types, are giant perennial
monocotyledonous herbs of the order Zingiberales, a sister group to the well-studied Poales …

Duplication is a prominent feature of plant genomic architecture. This has led many
researchers to speculate that gene duplication may have played an important role in the …

Heterosis refers to the phenomenon that progeny of diverse varieties of a species or crosses
between species exhibit greater biomass, speed of development, and fertility than both …

Each mode of gene duplication (tandem, tetraploid, segmental, transpositional) retains
genes in a biased manner. A reciprocal relationship exists between plant genes retained …

Intercrossing different varieties of plants frequently produces hybrid offspring with superior
vigor and increased yields, in a poorly understood phenomenon known as heterosis,. One …

Overexpression experiments are sometimes considered as qualitative experiments
designed to identify novel proteins and study their function. However, in order to draw …