Autopolyploidization presents a transient and potential-rich window of increased transcriptional plasticity in Arabidopsis arenosa.
Sonia Celestini, Eliška Petříková, Marek Brindzák, Filip Kolář
This study compares gene expression and network architecture in diploid, synthetic, and natural autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa under stress, showing synthetic tetraploids have higher expression variation and network plasticity.
bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology