Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation

SP Flanagan, BR Forester, EK Latch… - Evolutionary …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and monitoring locally adaptive genetic variation can have direct utility for
conserving species at risk, especially when management may include actions such as …

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 …

Convergent local adaptation to climate in distantly related conifers

S Yeaman, KA Hodgins, KE Lotterhos, H Suren… - Science, 2016‏ - science.org
When confronted with an adaptive challenge, such as extreme temperature, closely related
species frequently evolve similar phenotypes using the same genes. Although such …

Population genomics: advancing understanding of nature

G Luikart, M Kardos, BK Hand, OP Rajora… - Population genomics …, 2019‏ - Springer
Population genomics is advancing our understanding of evolution, ecology, conservation,
agriculture, forestry, and human health by allowing new and long-standing questions to be …

Landscape genomics: understanding relationships between environmental heterogeneity and genomic characteristics of populations

N Balkenhol, RY Dudaniec, KV Krutovsky… - Population genomics …, 2019‏ - Springer
Landscape genomics is a rapidly advancing research field that combines population
genomics, landscape ecology, and spatial analytical techniques to explicitly quantify the …

Advances in ecological genomics in forest trees and applications to genetic resources conservation and breeding

JA Holliday, SN Aitken, JEK Cooke, B Fady… - 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Forest trees are an unparalleled group of organisms in their combined ecological, economic
and societal importance. With widespread distributions, predominantly random mating …

Evaluating genomic data for management of local adaptation in a changing climate: A lodgepole pine case study

CR Mahony, IR MacLachlan, BM Lind… - Evolutionary …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate genomic data, relative to phenotypic and climatic data, as a basis for assisted
gene flow and genetic conservation. Using a seedling common garden trial of 281 …

The genomics of local adaptation in trees: are we out of the woods yet?

BM Lind, M Menon, CE Bolte, TM Faske… - Tree genetics & …, 2018‏ - Springer
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 …

A guide to genome‐wide association map** in plants

LT Burghardt, ND Young, P Tiffin - Current Protocols in Plant …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have developed into a valuable approach for
identifying the genetic basis of phenotypic variation. In this article, we provide an overview of …

Somatic mutations substantially increase the per-generation mutation rate in the conifer Picea sitchensis

VCT Hanlon, SP Otto, SN Aitken - Evolution letters, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
The rates and biological significance of somatic mutations have long been a subject of
debate. Somatic mutations in plants are expected to accumulate with vegetative growth and …