Birchler, James A.
Polyploid and Hybrid Genomics
Polyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists. This book is made up of contributions from leading researchers in the field from around the world, providing a truly global review of the subject. Providing broad-ranging coverage, and up-to-date information from some of the world’s leading researchers, this book is an invaluable resource for geneticists, plant and crop scientists, and evolutionary biologists.
Keywords: challenge; complexity; hybrid; heterosis; vigor; polyploidy; key; evolutionary consequences; biological; different genomes; common aspect; implications; diversity; ranging; significant; fields; impact; numerous, Plant Genetics, Genetics, Plant Genetics, Genetics
- Editor
- Birchler, James A.
- Chen, Z. Jeffrey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 384 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118552841
- Printed ISBN
- 9780470960370