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Evolutionary biologists studied spoonworts to determine what influence genome duplication has on the adaptive potential of plants. The results show that polyploids — species with more than two sets of chromosomes — can have an accumulation of structural mutations with signals for a possible local adaptation, enabling them to occupy ecological niches time and time again.