Whole Genome Doubling At Critical Stages Of Evolutionary Innovation And Divergence

(Gould and Vrba 1982; Mayer and Aguilera 1990; Greig, Louis et al. 2002; Hughes and Friedman 2005; Casneuf, De Bodt et al. 2006; Gompert, Fordyce et al. 2006; Beltrao and Serrano 2007; Chalker and Stover 2007; Evlampiev and Isambert 2007; Finn and Kristoffersen 2007; Hernandez-Hernandez, Martinez-Castilla et al. 2007; Li and Ge 2007; Semon and Wolfe 2007; Carreto, Eiriz et al. 2008; Chain, Ilieva et al. 2008; Gonzalez, Barrio et al. 2008; Guggisberg, Baroux et al. 2008; Holland and Short 2008; Hufton, Groth et al. 2008; Nicolas, Leflon et al. 2008; Semyonov, Park et al. 2008; Sipiczki 2008; Skamnioti, Furlong et al. 2008; Xia, Fu et al. 2008; Belloch, Perez-Torrado et al. 2009; Catchen, Conery et al. 2009; Ge, Wang et al. 2009; Gillis, John et al. 2009; Gillis, St John et al. 2009; Gordon, Byrne et al. 2009; Muller and McCusker 2009; Nakao, Kanamori et al. 2009; Nicolas, Leflon et al. 2009; Querol and Bond 2009; Saito, Suzuki et al. 2009; Shimizu-Inatsugi, Lihova et al. 2009; Soltis, Buggs et al. 2009; Van der Sloot, Kiel et al. 2009; Arnold and Martin 2010; Chase, Paun et al. 2010; Conant 2010; Dujon 2010; Fusco, Grassi et al. 2010; Gaeta and Chris Pires 2010; Grassi, Fusco et al. 2010; Herrera and Bazaga 2010; Huang, Tian et al. 2010; Immink, Kaufmann et al. 2010; Jackson and Chen 2010; Koh, Soltis et al. 2010; Liu and Adams 2010; Mandakova, Joly et al. 2010; Nolte and Tautz 2010; Parisod, Alix et al. 2010; Paun, Bateman et al. 2010; Presgraves 2010; Schmickl, Jorgensen et al. 2010; Zhang, Huang et al. 2010; Coate and Doyle 2011; Coate, Schlueter et al. 2011; Lange, Zerulla et al. 2011; Paun, Bateman et al. 2011; Pecinka, Fang et al. 2011; Pecoraro, Zerulla et al. 2011; Rhind, Chen et al. 2011; Soppa 2011; Xu and He 2011)

 

Evolution of novelty following genome duplication

 

(Siegel, Hoegg et al. 2007; Semyonov, Park et al. 2008; Gillis, John et al. 2009; Gillis, St John et al. 2009; Arnegard, Zwickl et al. 2010; Brodie 2010; Huang, Tian et al. 2010; Matsunami, Sumiyama et al. 2010; Sankoff, Zheng et al. 2010; Wu and Qi 2010; Coate and Doyle 2011)

 

Formation of diploid gametes

 

(Bretagnolle and Thompson 1995; Nelson, Mason et al. 2009; Cigliano, Sanseverino et al. 2011)

 

Interspecific hybridization and speciation in yeasts, other fungi and protists

 

(Chou and Leu 2010; Devier, Aguileta et al. 2010; Fusco, Grassi et al. 2010; Heitman 2010; Gordon, Byrne et al. 2011; Libkind, Hittinger et al. 2011; Maclean and Greig 2011; Sheltzer, Blank et al. 2011)

 

Interspecific hybridization and speciation in animals

(Nonacs 2006; Liu, Qin et al. 2007; Vallender, Robertson et al. 2007; Bayes and Malik 2009; Hall 2009; Mercader, Aardema et al. 2009; Brown, Nichols et al. 2010; Dasmahapatra, Lamas et al. 2010; Hammer, Brown et al. 2010; Liu 2010; Munoz, Salazar et al. 2010; Ording, Mercader et al. 2010; Qvarnstrom, Rice et al. 2010; Yuan, He et al. 2010; Bimova, Macholan et al. 2011; Brower 2011; Brown, Jordan et al. 2011; Hermansen, Saether et al. 2011; Hudson, Vonlanthen et al. 2011; Jacobsen and Omland 2011; Kunte, Shea et al. 2011; Narbonne, Simpson et al. 2011; Pritchard, Dimond et al. 2011; Renaut 2011; Renaut and Bernatchez 2011; Roos, Zinner et al. 2011; Sanchez-Guillen, Wellenreuther et al. 2011)

Interspecific hybridization and speciation in plants

(Werth, Guttman et al. 1985; Arnold, Buckner et al. 1991; Charlesworth 1995; Howarth and Baum 2005; James and Abbott 2005; Mallet 2008; Ispolatov and Doebeli 2009; Jones and Hegarty 2009; Parisod, Salmon et al. 2009; Van de Peer, Fawcett et al. 2009; Bento, Gustafson et al. 2010; Bomblies and Weigel 2010; Buggs, Chamala et al. 2010; Kelly, Leitch et al. 2010; Ma, Li et al. 2010; Rieseberg and Blackman 2010; Robertson, Rich et al. 2010; Scascitelli, Cognet et al. 2010; Buggs, Zhang et al. 2011; Jiao, Wickett et al. 2011; Kenan-Eichler, Leshkowitz et al. 2011; Mao and Wang 2011; Proost, Pattyn et al. 2011; Sun and Lo 2011)

Diploidization from auto- and allotetraploids

(Hughes and Friedman 2005; Jones and Hegarty 2009; Sakai and Itoh 2010; Schnable, Springer et al. 2011)

 

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