Widespread ancient whole genome duplications in Malpighiales coincide with Eocene global climatic upheaval
L. Cai, Z. Xi, A. M. Amorim, M. Sugumaran, J. S. Rest, L. Liu, C. C. Davis
The paper identifies 22 ancient whole genome duplications in Malpighiales, clustered around the Eocene-Paleocene Transition, supporting the hypothesis that WGDs aid plant survival during climatic upheavals.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2017Evolutionary Biology