{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Linder HP"],"funding":["Swiss National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["1175-83"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4030813"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["113(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and aims</h4>The ability of plant lineages to reach all continents contributes substantially to their evolutionary success. This is exemplified by the Poaceae, one of the most successful angiosperm families, in which most higher taxa (tribes, subfamilies) have global distributions. Due to the old age of the ocean basins relative to the major angiosperm radiations, this is only possible by means of long-distance dispersal (LDD), yet the attributes of lineages with successful LDD remain obscure. Polyploid species are over-represented in invasive floras and in the previously glaciated Arctic regions, and often have wider ecological tolerances than diploids; thus polyploidy is a candidate attribute of successful LDD.<h4>Methods</h4>The link between polyploidy and LDD was explore"],"journal":["Annals of botany"],"pubmed_title":["Does polyploidy facilitate long-distance dispersal?"],"pmcid":["PMC4030813"],"funding_grant_id":["107927"],"pubmed_authors":["Linder HP","Barker NP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Does polyploidy facilitate long-distance dispersal?","description":"<h4>Background and aims</h4>The ability of plant lineages to reach all continents contributes substantially to their evolutionary success. This is exemplified by the Poaceae, one of the most successful angiosperm families, in which most higher taxa (tribes, subfamilies) have global distributions. Due to the old age of the ocean basins relative to the major angiosperm radiations, this is only possible by means of long-distance dispersal (LDD), yet the attributes of lineages with successful LDD remain obscure. Polyploid species are over-represented in invasive floras and in the previously glaciated Arctic regions, and often have wider ecological tolerances than diploids; thus polyploidy is a candidate attribute of successful LDD.<h4>Methods</h4>The link between polyploidy and LDD was explore","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Jun","modification":"2026-07-15T10:13:25.904Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:28:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4030813","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24694830"],"doi":["10.1093/aob/mcu047"]}}