Chromosome evolution in Cardamine hybrids and polyploids

Hybrid speciation on the same ploidal level (homoploid hybridization) or via hybridization and genome doubling (allopolyploidy) are relatively common evolutionary processes in land plants. It is estimated that 15% of angiosperm speciation events have resulted from recent polyploid and the legacy of ancient polyploidy (whole-genome duplication) is retained in all angiosperm genomes so far analyzed. The aim of the project is to study chromosome evolution in the Cardamine genus known to contain both recently formed and ancient hybrids and allopolyploids. The low coverage genome skimming data correspond to genome coverages ranging 2-24x.