Gene duplication is a prevalent phenomenon across the tree of life. The processes that lead
to the retention of duplicated genes are not well understood. Functional genomics …

DNA replication during cell proliferation is 'vertical'copying, which reproduces an initial
amount of genetic information. Polyploidy, which results from whole-genome duplication, is …

Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a highly advanced model system for
studying genetics, cell biology and systems biology. Over the past decade, the application of …

Evolutionary variations generating phenotypic adaptations and novel taxa resulted from
complex cellular activities altering genome content and expression:(i) Symbiogenetic cell …

Whole‐genome duplication (WGD) is believed to increase the chance of adaptation to a new
environment. This conjecture may apply particularly well to new environments that are not …

In higher eukaryotes, gene architecture and structural properties of promoters have emerged
as significant factors influencing variation in number of transcripts (expression level) and …

Mutations in DNA can be limited to one or a few nucleotides, or encompass larger deletions,
insertions, duplications, inversions and translocations that span long stretches of DNA or …

Leaf senescence is a genetically programmed process that constitutes the last stage of leaf
development, and involves massive changes in gene expression. As a result of the intensive …

Population genomic analyses can reveal the mechanisms shaping the evolution of
colonizing and invasive taxa, as for any species, including the fundamental processes of …