Forest tree genomics: growing resources and applications

DB Neale, A Kremer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, research in forest tree genomics has lagged behind that of
model and agricultural systems. However, genomic research in forest trees is poised to enter …

Genes, enzymes and chemicals of terpenoid diversity in the constitutive and induced defence of conifers against insects and pathogens

CI Keeling, J Bohlmann - New Phytologist, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Insects select their hosts, but trees cannot select which herbivores will feed upon them.
Thus, as long‐lived stationary organisms, conifers must resist the onslaught of varying and …

Genomic selection for forest tree improvement: Methods, achievements and perspectives

VG Lebedev, TN Lebedeva, AI Chernodubov… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The breeding of forest trees is only a few decades old, and is a much more complicated,
longer, and expensive endeavor than the breeding of agricultural crops. One breeding cycle …

Organisation of the plant genome in chromosomes

JS Heslop‐Harrison, T Schwarzacher - The Plant Journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The plant genome is organized into chromosomes that provide the structure for the genetic
linkage groups and allow faithful replication, transcription and transmission of the hereditary …

Evolution and biogeography of gymnosperms

XQ Wang, JH Ran - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
Living gymnosperms comprise only a little more than 1000 species, but represent four of the
five main lineages of seed plants, including cycads, ginkgos, gnetophytes and conifers. This …

High-density linkage map construction and map** of seed trait QTLs in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using Genoty**-by-Sequencing (GBS)

S Verma, S Gupta, N Bandhiwal, T Kumar… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
This study reports the use of Genoty**-by-Sequencing (GBS) for large-scale SNP
discovery and simultaneous genoty** of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of an intra …

Fossil Calibration of Molecular Divergence Infers a Moderate Mutation Rate and Recent Radiations for Pinus

A Willyard, J Syring, DS Gernandt… - … Biology and Evolution, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Silent mutation rate estimates for Pinus vary 50-fold, ranging from angiosperm-like to among
the slowest reported for plants. These differences either reflect extraordinary genomic …

Genome-wide SNP identification, linkage map construction and QTL map** for seed mineral concentrations and contents in pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Y Ma, CJ Coyne, MA Grusak, M Mazourek, P Cheng… - BMC plant biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Marker-assisted breeding is now routinely used in major crops to facilitate more
efficient cultivar improvement. This has been significantly enabled by the use of next …

Studying the genetic basis of masting

A Satake, D Kelly - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The mechanisms underlying mast seeding have traditionally been studied by collecting long-
term observational data on seed crops and correlating seedfall with environmental …

Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in cold-hardiness-and wood quality-related candidate genes in Douglas fir

KV Krutovsky, DB Neale - Genetics, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Nuclear sequence variation and linkage disequilibrium (LD) were studied in 15 cold-
hardiness-and 3 wood quality-related candidate genes in Douglas fir [Pseudotsuga …