🌿🧬 Ancient polyploidy events cluster around major environmental crises like the K-Pg extinction, PETM & Eocene-Oligocene Transition. Polyploids may have better survival odds during rapid climate change.
Lessons from 132 dated WGD events in 470 angiosperms #plantscience
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From the dating of 132 ancient whole-genome duplication events across 470 angiosperms,
paleopolyploidization events cluster around pivotal periods of environmental upheaval
and extinction, notably the...
