Genome duplication drives evolution of species

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 07:50 in Biology & Nature

Polyploid plants have a duplicate set of chromosomes. As a result, large-scale genetic changes are therefore possible in the new species, making it more adaptable in comparison with the parental species, as has now been demonstrated by researchers using rockcress.

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