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The frequency of genome size changes decreased exponentially as change magnitude increased.
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e0“The frequency of changes in genome size appears to decrease exponentially with the magnitude of change.”
Title
Evolution of Genome Size in the Grasses
Gustavo Caetano-Anollés Crop Science 2005. doi:10.2135/cropsci2004.0604
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Genome size changes mostly stayed within twofold and rarely exceeded threefold.
- Observation The increase-to-decrease ratio rose across Ehrhartoideae, PACCAD and Pooideae in that order.
- Observation All major clades had both genome size increases and decreases, with notable changes in Pooideae and Chloridoideae.
- Observation The reconstructed grass ancestor had 3.0 to 5.2 pg DNA per 2C nucleus, depending on tracing method.
- Observation Character evolution models gave different frequencies and levels of genome size change.