Widespread ancient whole-genome duplications in Malpighiales coincide with Eocene global climatic upheaval

• Main Authors: Cai, Liming, Xi, Zhenxiang, Amorim, André M., Sugumaran, Manickam, Rest, Joshua S., Liu, Liang, Davis, Charles C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20100/; https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15357

Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are widespread and prevalent in vascular plants and frequently coincide with major episodes of global and climatic upheaval, including the mass extinction at the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary (c. 65 Ma) and during more recent periods of global aridification in the Mio...