EVEN in these days of specialisation, no real botanist dismisses the Gymnosperms from his field of study. They still possess an inherent interest, although for a hundred years they have been classic ...

Determining the major drivers of species diversification and phenotypic innovation across the Tree of Life is one of the grand challeges in evolutionary biology. Facilitated by the Germplasm Bank of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The role of polyploidy in gymnosperms has been evaluated. Polyploidy is found in the progeny of diploid species, in stray trees of otherwise ...

Plants tend to hoard DNA, not throwing anything out. The extra genes they hold inside can mutate to produce new physical traits. Holding onto the extra genes increases the tempo of evolution for the ...