Neopolyploidy increases stress tolerance and reduces fitness plasticity across multiple urban pollutants: support for the 'general purpose' genotype hypothesis.
M. M. Turcotte, N. Kaufmann, K. L. Wagner, T. A. Zallek, T.-L. Ashman
This study shows that neopolyploidy in duckweed increases tolerance to urban pollutants and maintains fitness across diverse stresses, supporting the 'general purpose' genotype hypothesis.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2023Evolutionary Biology