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      The more the better? The role of polyploidy in facilitating plant invasions.

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          Biological invasions are a major ecological and socio-economic problem in many parts of the world. Despite an explosion of research in recent decades, much remains to be understood about why some species become invasive whereas others do not. Recently, polyploidy (whole genome duplication) has been proposed as an important determinant of invasiveness in plants. Genome duplication has played a major role in plant evolution and can drastically alter a plant's genetic make-up, morphology, physiology and ecology within only one or a few generations. This may allow some polyploids to succeed in strongly fluctuating environments and/or effectively colonize new habitats and, thus, increase their potential to be invasive.

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          Journal
          Ann Bot
          Annals of botany
          Oxford University Press (OUP)
          1095-8290
          0305-7364
          Jan 2012
          : 109
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa. mariskatebeest@hotmail.com
          Article
          mcr277
          10.1093/aob/mcr277
          3241594
          22040744
          c1921d90-6798-492a-9457-d3345c4040eb
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