Evidence for an ancient whole genome duplication in the cycad lineage.

Contrary to the many whole genome duplication events recorded for angiosperms (flowering plants), whole genome duplications in gymnosperms (non-flowering seed plants) seem to be much rarer. Although ancient whole genome duplications have been reported for most gymnosperm lineages as well, some are s...

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Main Authors: Danielle Roodt, Rolf Lohaus, Lieven Sterck, Riaan L Swanepoel, Yves Van de Peer, Eshchar Mizrachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590961?pdf=render