What is it about?
Whole Genome Duplication leading to polyploidy have been recognized as a major mechanism to enhance plant diversity. This study confirms the importance of both neo- and paleo-polyploidy in the assembly of the diversity of the derived fern genus Asplenium.
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Why is it important?
The study provide critical insights to the accumulation of plant diversity that is driven by whole genome duplications. most importantly it shows that ancient polyploidy is more important in tropical habitats whereas temperate polyploidy are mostly recently formed (neopolyploidy).
Perspectives
the spatial differentiation in the fate of polyploidy have been widely ignored until now. thus this study raises several questions that have been addressed yet.
Harald Schneider
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Scineces
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This page is a summary of: Neo- and Paleopolyploidy contribute to the species diversity of Asplenium
-the most species-rich genus of ferns, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, July 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12271.
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