POLYPLOID GRASSES. “Studying the grass family is extremely powerful in research for multiple reasons. With 80% of its species being polyploid, grasses are an ideal system to study as it may yield knowledge for understanding ploidy levels. This family is similarly the only large family where having a high frequency of polyploids has been a successful strategy throughout the family.”
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