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Polyploidy: The Paradox of Plant Survival Through Genome Duplication

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Polyploidy: The Paradox of Plant Survival Through Genome Duplication

New research suggests polyploidy, or having multiple sets of chromosomes, helps plants survive extreme environmental stress. Genome duplications, found to cluster during periods of climate change and extinction events, act as an "insurance policy" for plant lineages.