The most dramatic mutation is the duplication of an entire genome. Sudden genome doubling presents novel dynamics to the confined environment of the nucleus. How is this endured? What opportunities might this unlock?

Representative works:

-Bray SM, Hamala T, Zhou M, Busoms S, Fischer S, Desjardins SD, Mandakova T, Moore C, Mathers TC, Cowan L, Monnahan P, Koch J, Wolf EM, Lysak MA, Kolar F, Higgins JD, Koch MA, Yant L Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole-genome duplication in Cochlearia shows evolutionary convergence in three autopolyploids Cell Reports

-Hämälä T, Moore C, Cowan L, Carlile M, Gopaulchan D, Brandrud MK, Birkeland S, Loose M, Kolář F, Koch MA, Yant L Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in Cochlearia Nature Communications

-Kitony J, Colt C, Abramson B, Hartwick N, Petrus S, Konozy E, Karimi N, Yant L, Michael T Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation Nature Communications

-Bohutínská M, Alston M, Monnahan P, Bray S, Paajanen P, Kolář F, and Yant L Genomic novelty versus convergence in the basis of adaptation to whole genome duplication Molecular Biology and Evolution

-Marburger S, Monnahan P, Seear P, Martin S, Koch J, Paajanen P, Bohutínská M, Higgins J, Schmickl R, and Yant L Interspecific introgression mediates adaptation to whole genome duplication. Nature Communications

-Monnahan P, Kolář F, Baduel P, Sailer C, Koch J, Horvath R, Laenen B, Schmickl R, Paajanen P, Fuxová G, Holcová M, Arnold B, Weismann C, Marhold K, Slotte T, Bomblies K and Yant L Pervasive population genomic consequences of genome duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa Nature Ecology & Evolution

-Bohutínská M, Handrick V, Yant L, Schmickl R, Kolář F, Bomblies K, Paajanen P De-novo mutation and rapid protein (co-)evolution during meiotic adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa Molecular Biology and Evolution

-Seear, P, France, M, Gregory, C, Heavens, D, Schmickl, R, *Yant L, and *Higgins, J D A novel allele of ASY3 is associated with greater meiotic stability in autotetraploid Arabidopsis lyrata PLOS Genetics (*co-corresponding)

-Novikova P, Brennan IG, Booker W, Mahony M, Doughty P, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Yant L, Van de Peer Y, Keogh JS, Donnellan SC Whole genome duplication potentiates inter-specific hybridisation and niche shifts in Australian burrowing frogs PLOS Genetics

-Schmickl R and Yant L Adaptive introgression: how polyploidy transforms gene flow landscapes New Phytologist Tansley Insight

-Bell EA, Cable J, Oliveira C, Richardson DS, Yant L, Taylor MI Help or hinderance? Investigating the evolutionary impact of whole genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load in Corydoras catfishes Ecology and Evolution

-Baduel P, Bray S, Vallejo-Marin M, Kolář F, and Yant L The ‘Polyploid Hop’: shifting challenges and opportunities over the evolutionary lifespan of genome duplications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

-Schmickl R, Marburger S, Bray S, Yant L Hybrids and horizontal transfer: introgression allows adaptive allele discovery Journal of Experimental Botany

-Yant L* and Bomblies K* Genomic studies of adaptive evolution in outcrossing Arabidopsis species. Current Opinion in Plant Biology (*co-corresponding)

-Yant L and Bomblies K* Genome management and mismanagement – cell-level problems and opportunities of whole genome duplication. Genes and Development (*co-corresponding)

-Bomblies K, Higgins J, Yant L Meiosis Evolves: Adaptation to external and internal environments. Tansley Review, New Phytologist.

-Yant L, Hollister JD, Wright K, Arnold BJ, Higgins JD, Franklin FCH, Bomblies K Meiotic adaptation to duplication in Arabidopsis arenosa. Current Biology

(An Editors’ Pick in Science and featured in a Dispatch in same issue of Current Biology)

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