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Polyploidy, evolution, cytogenetics, genome, ecological stochiometry

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Queen Mary University of London: London, London, GB

Professor of Plant Genetics (School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences)
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Andrew R Leitch

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University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

1982-09-01 to 1986-07-01 | PhD (Biology)
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Andrew R Leitch

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Nutrient effects on plant diversity loss arise from nutrient identity and decreasing niche dimension

Ecology
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4496
Contributors: Yang Peng; Jianxia Yang; Eric W. Seabloom; Andrew R. Leitch; Ilia J. Leitch; Ruzhen Wang; Cunzheng Wei; Xingguo Han
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Bigger genomes provide environment‐dependent growth benefits in grasses

New Phytologist
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.20150
Contributors: Kimberley J. Simpson; Sahr Mian; Elisabeth J. Forrestel; Jan Hackel; Joseph A. Morton; Andrew R. Leitch; Ilia J. Leitch
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Nitrogen and phosphorus interactions at a 21 nitrogen:1 phosphorus Redfield‐like ratio impact growth and seed yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Food and Energy Security
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.564
Contributors: S. S. Marques da Silva; L. Faizullah; M. S. Guignard; N. Orcen; A. V. Ruban; P. J. Rudall; M. Trimmer; R. A. Nichols; I. J. Leitch; A. R. Leitch
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A 160 Gbp fork fern genome shatters size record for eukaryotes

iScience
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109889
Contributors: Pol Fernández; Rémy Amice; David Bruy; Maarten J.M. Christenhusz; Ilia J. Leitch; Andrew L. Leitch; Lisa Pokorny; Oriane Hidalgo; Jaume Pellicer
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The rise of baobab trees in Madagascar

Nature
2024-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07447-4
Contributors: Jun-Nan Wan; Sheng-Wei Wang; Andrew R. Leitch; Ilia J. Leitch; Jian-Bo Jian; Zhang-Yan Wu; Hai-Ping Xin; Mijoro Rakotoarinivo; Guy Eric Onjalalaina; Robert Wahiti Gituru et al.
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Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell Hyacinthoides non‐scripta?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10387
Contributors: Markus Ruhsam; Deborah Kohn; Jeannine Marquardt; Andrew R. Leitch; Harald Schneider; Johannes Vogel; Spencer C. H. Barrett; Philip E. Hulme; Jane Squirrell; Peter M. Hollingsworth
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Correction: Intragenomic rDNA variation—the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?

Heredity
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41437-023-00644-3
Contributors: Wencai Wang; Xianzhi Zhang; Sònia Garcia; Andrew R. Leitch; Aleš Kovařík
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Intragenomic rDNA variation - the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between?

Heredity
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41437-023-00634-5
Contributors: Wencai Wang; Xianzhi Zhang; Sònia Garcia; Andrew R. Leitch; Aleš Kovařík
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The Role of Chromatin Modifications in the Evolution of Giant Plant Genomes

Plants
2023-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/plants12112159
Contributors: Andrew R. Leitch; Lu Ma; Steven Dodsworth; Jörg Fuchs; Andreas Houben; Ilia J. Leitch
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Mega‐sized pericentromeric blocks of simple telomeric repeats and their variants reveal patterns of chromosome evolution in ancient Cycadales genomes

The Plant Journal
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15969
Contributors: Radka Vozárová; Wencai Wang; Jana Lunerová; Fengqing Shao; Jaume Pellicer; Ilia J. Leitch; Andrew R. Leitch; Aleš Kovařík
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Cyto-nuclear incompatibilities across a bluebell hybrid zone in northern Spain do not prevent genome-wide introgression of neutral markers

Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society
2022-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzac003
Contributors: Jeannine Marquardt; Alexandre Blanckaert; Richard A Nichols; Steve W Ansell; Markus Ruhsam; Peter M Hollingsworth; Dirk Metzler; Harald Schneider; Andrew R Leitch
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The Welwitschia genome reveals a unique biology underpinning extreme longevity in deserts

Nature Communications
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24528-4
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Andrew R Leitch

Exploring environmental selection on genome size in angiosperms

Trends in Plant Science
2021-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.06.001
Contributors: Lubna Faizullah; Joseph A. Morton; Erika I. Hersch-Green; Angela M. Walczyk; Andrew R. Leitch; Ilia J. Leitch
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Genome downsizing after polyploidy: mechanisms, rates and selection pressures

The Plant Journal
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15363
Contributors: Xiaotong Wang; Joseph A. Morton; Jaume Pellicer; Ilia J. Leitch; Andrew R. Leitch
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Microsatellites and petal morphology reveal new patterns of admixture in Orchis hybrid zones

American Journal of Botany
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1710
Contributors: Leif Bersweden; Juan Viruel; Bertrand Schatz; Joanna Harland; Roberta Gargiulo; Robyn S. Cowan; Jacopo Calevo; Ana Juan; James J. Clarkson; Andrew R. Leitch et al.
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Recurrent allopolyploidization events diversify eco-physiological traits in marsh orchids

2021-08-30 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.28.458039
Contributors: Thomas M. Wolfe; Francisco Balao; Emiliano Trucchi; Gert Bachmann; Wenjia Gu; Juliane Baar; Mikael Hedrén; Wolfram Weckwerth; Andrew R. Leitch; Ovidiu Paun
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Repeat-sequence turnover shifts fundamentally in species with large genomes

Nature Plants
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-00785-x
Part of ISSN: 2055-0278
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Andrew R Leitch

Remarkable variation of ribosomal DNA organization and copy number in gnetophytes, a distinct lineage of gymnosperms

Annals of Botany
2019-05-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy172
Part of ISSN: 0305-7364
Part of ISSN: 1095-8290
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Andrew R Leitch

Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2019-03-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2619
Contributors: Maïté S. Guignard; Michael J. Crawley; Dasha Kovalenko; Richard A. Nichols; Mark Trimmer; Andrew R. Leitch; Ilia J. Leitch
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Parental transposable element loads influence their dynamics in young Nicotiana hybrids and allotetraploids

New Phytologist
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15484
Contributors: Corinne Mhiri; Christian Parisod; Julien Daniel; Maud Petit; K. Yoong Lim; François Dorlhac de Borne; Ales Kovarik; Andrew R. Leitch; Marie‐Angèle Grandbastien
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A genome for gnetophytes and early evolution of seed plants

Nature Plants
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-017-0097-2
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2-s2.0-85041095000
Contributors: Wan, T.; Liu, Z.-M.; Li, L.-F.; Leitch, A.R.; Leitch, I.J.; Lohaus, R.; Liu, Z.-J.; Xin, H.-P.; Gong, Y.-B.; Liu, Y. et al.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiple Origins and Nested Cycles of Hybridization Result in High Tetraploid Diversity in the Monocot Prospero

Frontiers in Plant Science
2018-04-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00433
Part of ISSN: 1664-462X
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Andrew R Leitch
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Cytogenetic features of rRNA genes across land plants: analysis of the Plant rDNA database

Plant Journal
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13442
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2-s2.0-85013151306
Contributors: Garcia, S.; Kovařík, A.; Leitch, A.R.; Garnatje, T.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Genome-wide repeat dynamics reflect phylogenetic distance in closely related allotetraploid Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1356-9
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2-s2.0-84994113153
Contributors: Dodsworth, S.; Jang, T.-S.; Struebig, M.; Chase, M.W.; Weiss-Schneeweiss, H.; Leitch, A.R.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Impacts of nitrogen and phosphorus: From genomes to natural ecosystems and agriculture

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00070
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2-s2.0-85031753130
Contributors: Guignard, M.S.; Leitch, A.R.; Acquisti, C.; Eizaguirre, C.; Elser, J.J.; Hessen, D.O.; Jeyasingh, P.D.; Neiman, M.; Richardson, A.E.; Soltis, P.S. et al.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Is There an Upper Limit to Genome Size?

Trends in Plant Science
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.04.005
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2-s2.0-85018927359
Contributors: Hidalgo, O.; Pellicer, J.; Christenhusz, M.; Schneider, H.; Leitch, A.R.; Leitch, I.J.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Concerted evolution rapidly eliminates sequence variation in rDNA coding regions but not in intergenic spacers in Nicotiana tabacum allotetraploid

Plant Systematics and Evolution
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-017-1442-7
Part of ISSN: 0378-2697
Part of ISSN: 2199-6881
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Astonishing 35S rDNA diversity in the gymnosperm species Cycas revoluta Thunb

Chromosoma
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00412-015-0556-3
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2-s2.0-84951773823
Contributors: Wang, W.; Ma, L.; Becher, H.; Garcia, S.; Kovarikova, A.; Leitch, I.J.; Leitch, A.R.; Kovarik, A.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Genome size and ploidy influence angiosperm species' biomass under nitrogen and phosphorus limitation

New Phytologist
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13881
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2-s2.0-84958793913
Contributors: Guignard, M.S.; Nichols, R.A.; Knell, R.J.; Macdonald, A.; Romila, C.-A.; Trimmer, M.; Leitch, I.J.; Leitch, A.R.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Is post-polyploidization diploidization the key to the evolutionary success of angiosperms?

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12357
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WOS:000368802200001
Contributors: Dodsworth, Steven; Chase, Mark W.; Leitch, Andrew R.
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Persistence, dispersal and genetic evolution of recently formed Spartina homoploid hybrids and allopolyploids in Southern England

Biological Invasions
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-015-0956-6
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2-s2.0-84978472231
Contributors: Huska, D.; Leitch, I.J.; de Carvalho, J.F.; Leitch, A.R.; Salmon, A.; Ainouche, M.; Kovarik, A.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Transgressive phenotypes and generalist pollination in the floral evolution of Nicotiana polyploids

Nature Plants
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.119
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2-s2.0-84988812060
Contributors: McCarthy, E.W.; Chase, M.W.; Knapp, S.; Litt, A.; Leitch, A.R.; Le Comber, S.C.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Using genomic repeats for phylogenomics: a case study in wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon: Solanaceae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12612
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WOS:000368186700008
Contributors: Dodsworth, Steven; Chase, Mark W.; Saerkinen, Tiina; Knapp, Sandra; Leitch, Andrew R.
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250 years of hybridization between two biennial herb species without speciation

Aob Plants
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plv081
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WOS:000369024000001
Contributors: Matthews, Andrew; Emelianova, Katie; Hatimy, Abubakar A.; Chester, Michael; Pellicer, Jaume; Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique; Guignard, Maite S.; Rouhan, Germinal; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S. et al.
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Andrew R Leitch via ResearcherID

Analysis of the giant genomes of Fritillaria (Liliaceae) indicates that a lack of DNA removal characterizes extreme expansions in genome size

New Phytologist
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13471
WOSUID:

WOS:000364654200028
Contributors: Kelly, Laura J.; Renny-Byfield, Simon; Pellicer, Jaume; Macas, Jiri; Novak, Petr; Neumann, Pavel; Lysak, Martin A.; Day, Peter D.; Berger, Madeleine; Fay, Michael F. et al.
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Angiosperms Are Unique among Land Plant Lineages in the Occurrence of Key Genes in the RNA-Directed DNA Methylation (RdDM) Pathway

Genome Biology and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv171
WOSUID:

WOS:000362433600015
Contributors: Ma, Lu; Hatlen, Andrea; Kelly, Laura J.; Becher, Hannes; Wang, Wencai; Kovarik, Ales; Leitch, Ilia J.; Leitch, Andrew R.
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Characterisation of an unusual telomere motif (TTTTTTAGGG)(n) in the plant Cestrum elegans (Solanaceae), a species with a large genome

Plant Journal
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12839
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WOS:000354288500009
Contributors: Peska, Vratislav; Fajkus, Petr; Fojtova, Miloslava; Dvorackova, Martina; Hapala, Jan; Dvoracek, Vojtech; Polanska, Pavla; Leitch, Andrew R.; Sykorova, Eva; Fajkus, Jiri
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Genome size diversity in angiosperms and its influence on gene space

Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2015.10.006
WOSUID:

WOS:000366900600011
Contributors: Dodsworth, Steven; Leitch, Andrew R.; Leitch, Ilia J.
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Andrew R Leitch via ResearcherID

Genomic Repeat Abundances Contain Phylogenetic Signal

Systematic Biology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu080
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WOS:000350150400012
Contributors: Dodsworth, Steven; Chase, Mark W.; Kelly, Laura J.; Leitch, Ilia J.; Macas, Jiri; Novak, Petr; Piednoel, Mathieu; Weiss-Schneeweiss, Hanna; Leitch, Andrew R.
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Andrew R Leitch via ResearcherID

Silenced rRNA genes are activated and substitute for partially eliminated active homeologs in the recently formed allotetraploid, Tragopogon mirus (Asteraceae)

Heredity
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.111
WOSUID:

WOS:000349671000013
Contributors: Dobesova, E.; Malinska, H.; Matyasek, R.; Leitch, A. R.; Soltis, D. E.; Soltis, P. S.; Kovarik, A.
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The effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)

Annals of Botany
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv048
WOSUID:

WOS:000355625300006
Contributors: McCarthy, Elizabeth W.; Arnold, Sarah E. J.; Chittka, Lars; Le Comber, Steven C.; Verity, Robert; Dodsworth, Steven; Knapp, Sandra; Kelly, Laura J.; Chase, Mark W.; Baldwin, Ian T. et al.
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Endogenous pararetrovirus sequences associated with 24 nt small RNAs at the centromeres of Fritillaria imperialis L. (Liliaceae), a species with a giant genome

Plant Journal
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12673
WOSUID:

WOS:000345511500007
Contributors: Becher, Hannes; Ma, Lu; Kelly, Laura J.; Kovarik, Ales; Leitch, Ilia J.; Leitch, Andrew R.
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Andrew R Leitch via ResearcherID

Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae).

2014-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.024

PMID:

25124097
Contributors: Day PD; Berger M; Hill L; Fay MF; Leitch AR; Leitch IJ; Kelly LJ
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Andrew R Leitch via Europe PubMed Central
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Impact of genomic diversity in river ecosystems.

2014-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.005

PMID:

24447819
Contributors: Leitch AR; Leitch IJ; Trimmer M; Guignard MS; Woodward G
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Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genus Prospero (Hyacinthaceae).

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1471-2148-13-136

PMID:

23819574

PMC:

PMC3728210
Contributors: Jang TS; Emadzade K; Parker J; Temsch EM; Leitch AR; Speta F; Weiss-Schneeweiss H
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Genome size diversity and evolution in land plants

Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2: Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes
2013 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1160-4_19
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2-s2.0-84936950105
Contributors: Leitch, I.J.; Leitch, A.R.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

Genome size diversity and evolution in land plants

Plant Genome Diversity
2013 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1160-4_19
EID:

2-s2.0-84930707859
Contributors: Leitch, I.J.; Leitch, A.R.
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Andrew R Leitch via Scopus - Elsevier

The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions.

2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-207

PMID:

23796166

PMC:

PMC3707021
Contributors: Clare EL; Schiestl FP; Leitch AR; Chittka L
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Andrew R Leitch via Europe PubMed Central
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Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences.

2013-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/tpj.12168

PMID:

23517128
Contributors: Renny-Byfield S; Kovarik A; Kelly LJ; Macas J; Novak P; Chase MW; Nichols RA; Pancholi MR; Grandbastien MA; Leitch AR
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Reconstructing the complex evolutionary origin of wild allopolyploid tobaccos (Nicotiana section suaveolentes).

2013-01 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01748.x

PMID:

23289563
Contributors: Kelly LJ; Leitch AR; Clarkson JJ; Knapp S; Chase MW
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