The evolution of drought escape and avoidance in natural herbaceous populations

NJ Kooyers - Plant science, 2015 - Elsevier
While the functional genetics and physiological mechanisms controlling drought resistance
in crop plants have been intensely studied, less research has examined the genetic basis of …

Biosynthesis and regulation of cyanogenic glycoside production in forage plants

Z Sun, K Zhang, C Chen, Y Wu, Y Tang… - Applied Microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
The natural products cyanogenic glycosides (CNglcs) are present in various forage plant
species including Sorghum spp., Trifolium spp., and Lotus spp. The release of toxic …

Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

JS Santangelo, RW Ness, B Cohan, CR Fitzpatrick… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Urbanization transforms environments in ways that alter biological evolution. We examined
whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white …

Urbanization drives the evolution of parallel clines in plant populations

KA Thompson, M Renaudin… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urban ecosystems are an increasingly dominant feature of terrestrial landscapes. While
evidence that species can adapt to urban environments is accumulating, the mechanisms …

Genetic trade‐offs underlie divergent life history strategies for local adaptation in white clover

SJ Wright, DM Goad, BL Gross, PR Muñoz… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Local adaptation is common in plants, yet characterization of its underlying genetic basis is
rare in herbaceous perennials. Moreover, while many plant species exhibit intraspecific …

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

SM Wadgymar, SC Daws, JT Anderson - Evolution letters, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genetically based trait variation across environmental gradients can reflect adaptation to
local environments. However, natural populations that appear well-adapted often exhibit …

Beyond cyanogenesis: Temperature gradients drive environmental adaptation in North American white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

WH Kuo, L Zhong, SJ Wright, DM Goad… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Species that repeatedly evolve phenotypic clines across environmental gradients have been
highlighted as ideal systems for characterizing the genomic basis of local environmental …

De novo genome assembly of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) reveals the role of copy number variation in rapid environmental adaptation

WH Kuo, SJ Wright, LL Small, KM Olsen - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background White clover (Trifolium repens) is a globally important perennial forage
legume. This species also serves as an eco-evolutionary model system for studying within …

Herbivores and plant defences affect selection on plant reproductive traits more strongly than pollinators

JS Santangelo, KA Thompson… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Pollinators and herbivores can both affect the evolutionary diversification of plant
reproductive traits. However, plant defences frequently alter antagonistic and mutualistic …

Cyanogenesis in arthropods: from chemical warfare to nuptial gifts

M Zagrobelny, ÉCP De Castro, BL Møller, S Bak - Insects, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chemical defences are key components in insect–plant interactions, as insects continuously
learn to overcome plant defence systems by, eg, detoxification, excretion or sequestration …