Main conclusion This article provides an up-to-date review concerning from basic issues of
polyploidy to aspects regarding the relevance and role of both natural and artificial …

The common potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the third most important food crop and is
grown and consumed worldwide. Indigenous cultivated (landrace) potatoes and wild potato …

In the plant kingdom, events of whole genome duplication or polyploidization are generally
believed to occur via alterations of the sexual reproduction process. Thereby, diploid pollen …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Understanding the relationship between genotype and phenotype is a major biological
question and being able to predict phenotypes based on molecular genotypes is integral to …

All crop plants are polyploid and some genomes have been duplicated more recently than
others. Advancements in cytogenetic and molecular tools, including high‐density genetic …

Polyploidy is remarkably common in the plant kingdom and polyploidization is a major
driving force for plant genome evolution. Polyploids may contain genomes from different …

Polyploids, organisms with more than two sets of chromosomes, are widespread in flowering
plants, including many important crop species. Increases in ploidy level are believed to arise …

Climate change will have major impacts on crop production: not just increasing drought and
heat stress, but also increasing insect and disease loads and the chance of extreme weather …

Whole-genome duplication through the formation of diploid gametes is a major route for
polyploidization, speciation, and diversification in plants. The prevalence of polyploids in …