Decrease in Purifying Selection Pressures on Wheat Homoeologous Genes: Tetraploidization vs Hexaploidization
A. Ezoe, D. Todaka, Y. Utsumi, S. Takahashi, K. Kawaura, M. Seki
The paper compares the impact of tetraploidization and hexaploidization on selection pressures of homoeologous genes in wheat, finding tetraploidization has a greater effect.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology