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Comparative genetics is a broad field of research with the general goal of estimating similarity at some level of organization. In the 1920’s, Vavilov proposed the Law of Homologous Series (Vavilov, 1922), which states that variation for traits in related species is predictive, and thus, genetic relationships can be inferred from morphological similarity. The structure or patterns of relationships discovered can then lead to new knowledge, hypotheses, and predictions about those species. The evolution of comparative genetics research from the whole plant level to the DNA level has synergistically expanded our knowledge of genome structure and function due to the complementarity of research among scientists working on different species.
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Sorrells, M.E. (2000). The Evolution of Comparative Plant Genetics. In: Gustafson, J.P. (eds) Genomes. Stadler Genetics Symposia Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4235-3_14
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