Oaks: an evolutionary success story

A Kremer, AL Hipp - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Quercus is among the most widespread and species‐rich tree genera in the
northern hemisphere. The extraordinary species diversity in America and Asia together with …

Phylogenomic analyses highlight innovation and introgression in the continental radiations of Fagaceae across the Northern Hemisphere

BF Zhou, S Yuan, AA Crowl, YY Liang, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change

AM Waldvogel, B Feldmeyer, G Rolshausen… - Evolution …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species,
and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of …

Molecular Research on Stress Responses in Quercus spp.: From Classical Biochemistry to Systems Biology through Omics Analysis

M Escandón, MÁ Castillejo, JV Jorrín-Novo, MD Rey - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genus Quercus (oak), family Fagaceae, comprises around 500 species, being one of
the most important and dominant woody angiosperms in the Northern Hemisphere …

Common garden comparisons confirm inherited differences in sensitivity to climate change between forest tree species

C Sáenz-Romero, A Kremer, L Nagy, É Újvári-Jármay… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
The natural distribution, habitat, growth and evolutionary history of tree species are strongly
dependent on ecological and genetic processes in ecosystems subject to fluctuating climatic …

Provenance variation and seed sourcing for sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) in France

Q Girard, A Ducousso, CB De Gramont… - Annals of Forest …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Key message Sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) provenance variation
was assessed in a multisite test based on traits of economic and ecological relevance in …

A species-discriminatory single-nucleotide polymorphism set reveals maintenance of species integrity in hybridizing European white oaks (Quercus spp.) despite …

O Reutimann, F Gugerli, C Rellstab - Annals of botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Hybridization and introgression play an important role in the
evolution and diversification of plants. To assess the degree of past and current …

Genetic differentiation across a steep and narrow environmental gradient: Quantitative genetic and genomic insights into Lake Superior populations of Quercus rubra

MJ Gómez Quijano, BL Gross, JR Etterson - Molecular ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive differentiation of traits and underlying loci can occur at a small geographical scale
if natural selection is stronger than countervailing gene flow and drift. We investigated this …

Abiotic factors predict taxonomic composition and genetic admixture in populations of hybridizing white oak species (Quercus sect. Quercus) on regional scale

O Reutimann, B Dauphin, A Baltensweiler… - Tree Genetics & …, 2023 - Springer
Knowing which drivers affect the spatial distribution of hybridizing species and their admixed
individuals on local or regional scale can leverage our understanding about processes that …

Abiotic genetic adaptation in the Fagaceae

M Müller, O Gailing - Plant Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fagaceae can be found in tropical and temperate regions and contain species of major
ecological and economic importance. In times of global climate change, tree populations …