Humans, and most species, are diploid: They have two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. Most plants are polyploid, with cells replicating again and again. Polyploidy is what fattens ...

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In this new study, published in Cell Reports, experts from the University's School of Life Sciences look at how three successful polyploid plant species evolved to manage the extra DNA and whether ...

But there's just one thing: Newly formed polyploid individuals of a plant species are usually completely or almost completely sterile and cannot be propagated easily. The reason why these plants ...