Genome elimination

Genome elimination during microsporogenesis in two pentaploid accessions of Brachiaria decumbens (Poaceae)

G. C. L. Ricci, Pagliarini, M. S., and Valle, C. B., Genome elimination during microsporogenesis in two pentaploid accessions of Brachiaria decumbens (Poaceae), vol. 9, pp. 2364-2371, 2010.

Polyploidy is a prominent and significant force in plant evolution, taking place since ancient times and continuing until today. Recent cytogenetic studies in the genus Brachiaria using germplasm collected from wild African savannas in the 1980s revealed that most species and accessions within species are polyploid. Diploid, tetraploid, and pentaploid accessions have been found.

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