Local adaptation, recombination, and the fate of neopolyploids.

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Polyploidy is widely recognized as an important speciation mechanism because it isolates tetraploids from their diploid progenitors. Polyploidy also provides new genetic material that may facilitate adaptive evolution. However, new mutations are more likely to arise after a neopolyploid has already successfully invaded a population. Thus, the role of adaptive forces in establishing a polyploid remains unclear....

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