Hybrid origins and the earliest stages of diploidization in the highly successful recent polyploid Capsella bursa-pastoris
Gavin Douglas, Gesseca Gos, Kim Steige, Adriana Salcedo, Karl Holm, J. Arvid Ågren, Khaled Hazzouri, Wei Wang, Adrian E. Platts, Emily B. Josephs, Robert J. Williamson, Barbara Neuffer, Martin Lascoux, Tanja Slotte, Stephen Wright
This study investigates the early stages of diploidization in Capsella bursa-pastoris, finding that gene loss is not rapid but rather associated with reduced selection efficacy due to demographic and genomic factors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 17, 2015Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology