The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biologyHybridizationGeneticPolyploidyCucumisGenome
Synthetic allopolyploidy unveils hybridization-driven transcriptional reprogramming underlying thermal adaptation in Cucumis.
Yun Pei, Xiaokun Zhao, Weixuan Du, Weiping Diao, Wanping Zhang, Biao Xiong, Guillaume P Ramstein, Carl-Otto Ottosen, Chunyan Cheng, Qinzheng Zhao, Ji Li, Qunfeng Lou, Jinfeng Chen, Xiaqing Yu
Published: 202510.1111/tpj.70507
Abstract
Both heterosis (hybrid vigor) resulting from hybridization and genetic plasticity conferred by whole-genome duplication (WGD) are recognized as drivers of evolutionary success and ecological adaptation in plants. Allopolyploids, which combine both hy…
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