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