Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species
respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes …

The importance of tree genetic variability in the ability of forests to respond and adapt to
environmental changes is crucial in forest management and conservation. Along with …

Understanding the underlying mechanisms and links between genome evolution and
adaptive innovations stands as a key goal in evolutionary studies. Poplars, among the …

Forests are not only the most predominant of the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems, but are also
the core supply for essential products for human use. However, global climate change and …

Tree species world-wide are under increasing threat from diseases and insects, many of
which are non-native. The integrity of our natural, urban and plantation forest ecosystems …

The conservation and sustainable use of forests in the twenty-first century pose huge
challenges for forest management and policy. Society demands that forests provide a wide …

Heterozygous alleles are widespread in outcrossing and clonally propagated woody plants.
The variation in heterozygosity that underlies population adaptive evolution and phenotypic …

Forest trees are an unparalleled group of organisms in their combined ecological, economic
and societal importance. With widespread distributions, predominantly random mating …

Although full sequence data of several embryogenesis-related genes are available in
conifers, their functions are still poorly understood. In this study, we focused on the …

There is substantial interest in uncovering the genetic basis of the traits underlying adaptive
responses in tree species, as this information will ultimately aid conservation and industrial …