Photoperiod‐and temperature‐mediated control of phenology in trees–a molecular perspective

RK Singh, T Svystun, B AlDahmash… - New …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Trees growing in boreal and temperate regions synchronize their growth with seasonal
climatic changes in adaptive responses that are essential for their survival. These trees …

Evolution of polygenic traits under global vs local adaptation

S Yeaman - Genetics, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Observations about the number, frequency, effect size, and genomic distribution of alleles
associated with complex traits must be interpreted in light of evolutionary process. These …

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 …

The genetic architecture of repeated local adaptation to climate in distantly related plants

JR Whiting, TR Booker, C Rougeux, BM Lind… - Nature ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Closely related species often use the same genes to adapt to similar environments.
However, we know little about why such genes possess increased adaptive potential and …

Using genomic data to infer historic population dynamics of nonmodel organisms

AC Beichman, E Huerta-Sanchez… - Annual Review of …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Genome sequence data are now being routinely obtained from many nonmodel organisms.
These data contain a wealth of information about the demographic history of the populations …

Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients

AH Halbritter, S Fior, I Keller, R Billeter… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Studies of genetic adaptation in plant populations along elevation gradients in mountains
have a long history, but there has until now been neither a synthesis of how frequently plant …

Modern strategies to assess and breed forest tree adaptation to changing climate

AJ Cortés, M Restrepo-Montoya… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Studying the genetics of adaptation to new environments in ecologically and industrially
important tree species is currently a major research line in the fields of plant science and …

Plant speciation across environmental gradients and the occurrence and nature of hybrid zones

RJ Abbott - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Environmental gradients are very common and many plant species respond to them through
adaptive genetic change. This can be a first step along a continuum of change that leads …

Multitrait genome‐wide association analysis of Populus trichocarpa identifies key polymorphisms controlling morphological and physiological traits

HB Chhetri, D Macaya‐Sanz, D Kainer… - New …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have great promise for identifying the loci that
contribute to adaptive variation, but the complex genetic architecture of many quantitative …

Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity

HT Reynolds, V Vijayakumar, E Gluck-Thaler… - Evolution …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Secondary metabolites are a heterogeneous class of chemicals that often mediate
interactions between species. The tryptophan-derived secondary metabolite, psilocin, is a …