Explaining the large-scale diversity of soil organisms that drive biogeochemical processes—
and their responses to environmental change—is critical. However, identifying consistent …

Genome-wide surveys of nucleotide polymorphisms, obtained from next-generation
sequencing, have uncovered numerous examples of adaptation in self-fertilizing organisms …

Highlights•Current estimates of Arabidopsis polyploid origins point to recent glacial
maxima.•Arabidopsis polyploids might have selective advantages in challenging …

Background How species can adapt to abrupt environmental changes, particularly in the
absence of standing genetic variation, is poorly understood and a pressing question in the …

Over the past 20 y, many studies have examined the history of the plant ecological and
molecular model, Arabidopsis thaliana, in Europe and North America. Although these …

As Earth is currently experiencing dramatic climate change, it is of critical interest to
understand how species will respond to it. The chance of a species withstanding climate …

A major objective of evolutionary biology is to understand the processes by which organisms
have adapted to various environments, and to predict the response of organisms to new or …

The seasonal timing of seed germination determines a plant's realized environmental niche,
and is important for adaptation to climate. The timing of seasonal germination depends on …

The phenotype of an individual can be affected by the genes of its conspecifics through
indirect genetic effects (IGEs). IGEs have been studied across different organisms including …

Efforts to improve photosynthetic performance are increasingly employing natural genetic
variation. However, genetic variation in the organellar genomes (plasmotypes) is often …