Polyploidy, or whole genome duplication, has played a major role in the evolution of many
eukaryotic lineages. Although the prevalence of polyploidy in plants is well documented, the …

The formation of allopolyploid cotton precipitated a rapid diversification and colonization of
dry coastal American tropical and subtropical regions. Previous phylogenetic analyses, …

Wake Atoll is an isolated chain of three islets located in the Western Pacific. Included in its
endemic flora is a representative of the genus Gossypium colloquially referred to as Wake …

The importance of whole-genome multiplication (WGM) in plant evolution has long been
recognized. In flowering plants, WGM is both ubiquitous and in many lineages cyclical, each …

10.7554/eLife.35673.001 Meristems contain groups of indeterminate stem cells, which are
maintained by a feedback loop between CLAVATA (CLV) and WUSCHEL (WUS) signaling. …

Crop engineering and de novo domestication using gene editing are new frontiers in
agriculture. However, outside of well-studied crops and model systems, prioritizing engineering …

●Cells are continuously exposed to chemical signals that they must discriminate between
and respond to appropriately. In embryophytes, the leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinases (…

Whole genome duplication (WGD) is widespread in flowering plants and is a driving force in
angiosperm diversification. The redundancy introduced by WGD allows the evolution of …

Baobabs (Adansonia) are a cohesive group of tropical trees with a disjunct distribution in
Australia, Madagascar, and continental Africa, and diverse flowers associated with two …

Cotton ranks among the world's important oilseed crops, yet relative to other oilseeds there
are few studies of oil‐related biosynthetic and regulatory pathways. We present global …