Luca Braglia

3 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anton Stepanenko |Luca Braglia |Jörg Fuchs |Veit Schubert

INTRODUCTION The aquatic monocotyledonous duckweeds (Lemnaceae Martinov) comprise five genera with so far 35 species and two hybrid species (Bog et al., 2019; Appenroth et al., 2024). Despite their small size and reduced morphology, duckweeds are remarkably diverse and their genetic, physiological and biochemical features, their development, evolution, and practical applications are of increasing interest (for review see Acosta et al., 2021; Cao et al., 2018; Fourounjian et al., 2020).

Jan 10, 2025 | biorxiv.org | Leone Ermes Romano |Luca Braglia |Maria Adelaide Iannelli |Yuri Lee

AbstractInterspecific hybridisation and polyploidization are two main driving forces in plant evolution, shaping genomes and favouring evolutionary novelty and ecological adaptation. Recent studies have demonstrated hybridisation within the genus Lemna (Lemnaceae Martinov) as well as triploid. L.