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The more, the better? Stress response in related polyploid ferns

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: . We subjected gametophytes from each species to environmentally stressful heat and drought conditions. Surprisingly, the polyploid did not exhibit a significant physiological advantage or greater resilience to stress compared to the diploid parents.

Source: PubMed

DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001591

Authors: Steven Awad, Madeline Kenney, Jennifer Blake-Mahmud

Language: English

Topic: Fern and Epiphyte Biology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: BRC-BIO: The transcriptomics of environmentally-controlled differentiation into male or female in plants

OpenAlex ID: W7134037012