▪ Abstract Over 35 years ago, Susumu Ohno stated that gene duplication was the single
most important factor in evolution. He reiterated this point a few years later in proposing that …

Given the prevalence of duplicate genes and genomes in plant species, the study of their
evolutionary dynamics has been a focus of study in plant evolutionary genetics over the past …

INTRODUCTION Polyploidy, arising from whole-genome duplication or interspecific
hybridization, is ubiquitous across the plant and fungal kingdoms. The presence of highly …

Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

To study the evolutionary effects of polyploidy on plant gene functions, we analyzed
functional genomics data for a large number of duplicated gene pairs formed by ancient …

Gene duplication is the primary source of new genes. Duplicate genes that are stably
preserved in genomes usually have divergent functions. The general rules governing the …

Gene duplication and loss is a powerful source of functional innovation. However, the
general principles that govern this process are still largely unknown. With the growing …

How gene duplication and divergence contribute to genetic novelty and adaptation has
been of intense interest, but experimental evidence has been limited. The genetic switch …

The determination of the chimpanzee genome sequence provides a means to study both
structural and functional aspects of the evolution of the human genome. Here we compare …

Approximately 90% of Arabidopsis' unique gene content is found in syntenic blocks that
were formed during the most recent whole-genome duplication. Within these blocks, 28.6 …