In Plants, Polyploidy And Genomic Change Can Improve Evolutionary Fitness

Monday, September 14, 2009 - 15:14 in Biology & Nature

A mystery of evolution is why an extra chromosome can be common across plants and animals yet have such drastically different results.    A human with an extra chromosome may have Down syndrome while a cat may just be a male Calico.  And plants may not only not have a negative effect, it may be downright beneficial read more

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