Unifying framework explaining how parental regulatory divergence can drive gene expression in hybrids and allopolyploids

K Janko, J Eisner, P Cigler, T Tichopád - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Hybridization and polyploidy are powerful evolutionary forces, inducing a range of
phenotypic outcomes, including non-additive expression, subgenome dominance …

Parthenogenesis as a solution to hybrid sterility: the mechanistic basis of meiotic distortions in clonal and sterile hybrids

D Dedukh, Z Majtánová, A Marta, M Pšenička… - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hybrid sterility is a hallmark of speciation, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain
poorly understood. Here, we report that speciation may regularly proceed through a stage at …

The transcriptomic signature of obligate parthenogenesis

S Xu, TV Huynh, M Snyman - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
Investigating the origin of parthenogenesis through interspecific hybridization can provide
insight into how meiosis may be altered by genetic incompatibilities, which is fundamental …

Asymmetric genome merging leads to gene expression novelty through nucleo‐cytoplasmic disruptions and transcriptomic shock in Chlamydomonas triploids

L Prost‐Boxoen, Q Bafort, A Van de Vloet… - New …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Genome merging is a common phenomenon causing a wide range of consequences on
phenotype, adaptation, and gene expression, yet its broader implications are not well …

Maternal ploidy shapes reproductive pathways in the triploid hybrid Chrosomus eos × eos‐neogaeus

J Lafond, B Angers - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Elements transferred from a mother to her eggs may strongly influence the phenotype of her
offspring. Such maternal effects depend on the genotype of the mother, and while multiple …

The role of hybridisation in the origin and evolutionary persistence of vertebrate parthenogens: a case study of Darevskia lizards

SN Freitas, DJ Harris, N Sillero, M Arakelyan, RK Butlin… - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
Obligate parthenogenesis is found in only 0.1% of the vertebrate species, is thought to be
relatively short lived and is typically of hybrid origin. However, neither the evolutionary …

No evidence for accumulation of deleterious mutations and fitness degradation in clonal fish hybrids: Abandoning sex without regrets

J Kočí, J Röslein, J Pačes, J Kotusz… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its inherent costs, sexual reproduction is ubiquitous in nature, and the mechanisms
to protect it from a competitive displacement by asexuality remain unclear. Popular mutation …

Lessons on fruiting body morphogenesis from genomes and transcriptomes of Agaricomycetes

LG Nagy, PJ Vonk, M Künzler, C Földi… - Studies in …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Fruiting bodies (sporocarps, sporophores or basidiomata) of mushroom-forming fungi
(Agaricomycetes) are among the most complex structures produced by fungi. Unlike …

Sequence capture: Obsolete or irreplaceable? A thorough validation across phylogenetic distances and its applicability to hybrids and allopolyploids

O Bartoš, J Bohlen, VB Šlechtová, J Kočí… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As whole‐genome sequencing has become pervasive, some have suggested that reduced
genomic representation approaches, for example, sequence capture, are becoming …

Genome fractionation and loss of heterozygosity in hybrids and polyploids: mechanisms, consequences for selection, and link to gene function

K Janko, O Bartoš, J Kočí, J Roslein… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hybridization and genome duplication have played crucial roles in the evolution of many
animal and plant taxa. The subgenomes of parental species undergo considerable changes …