The Rise of Polyploids During Environmental Catastrophes Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), both a strong evolutionary and ecological force and a potential pitfall, occurs extensively across the tree of life, particularly in angiosperms. While p...

Paul's Word of the Day: paleopolyploidization

You take #Paleo add #Polyploid and you get what happens to flowering plants when a meteor kills the dinosaurs. They undergo #paleopolyploidization to come up with a genetic lifeboat to get the #angiosperms to flower another day.🧪