Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Neopolyploidy increases stress tolerance and reduces fitness plasticity across multiple urban pollutants: support for the 'general purpose' genotype hypothesis.
M. M. Turcotte, N. Kaufmann, K. L. Wagner…·T.-L. Ashman
This study shows that neopolyploidy in duckweed increases tolerance to urban pollutants and maintains fitness across diverse stresses, supporting the 'general purpose' genotype hypothesis.
DOI 10.1093/evlett/qrad072