CellBioNewsAug 7, 2024

Brooding #brittle_star found to have massive #genome due to duplication of chromosomes.

#Amphipholis #Ophiuroidea #polyploidization

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-brooding-brittle-star-massive-genome.html

Brooding brittle star found to have massive genome due to duplication of chromosomes

A pair of life scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a colleague from Museums Victoria, in Australia, has found that the brooding brittle star (Amphipholis squamata) has a massive genome due to duplication of chromosomes.

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Show threadAnnals of BotanySep 14, 2023

🌿 The prevalence of hybridization and polyploidization in Henckelia demonstrates their importance in shaping biodiversity. These findings have broader implications for our understanding of plant evolution worldwide. (8/8)

https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad047

#Botany #PlantEvolution #Hybridization #AoBpapers #Polyploidization

Phylogenomics reveals widespread hybridization and polyploidization in Henckelia (Gesneriaceae)

AbstractBackground and Aims. Hybridization has long been recognized as an important process for plant evolution and is often accompanied by polyploidization, an

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