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 …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the benefits and costs of the hydrogen cyanide antiherbivore defense in Trifolium repens

HE Fadoul, LJ Albano, ME Bergman, MA Phillips… - Plants, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Understanding the evolution of plant defenses against herbivores requires identifying the
benefits and costs of defense. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the benefits and costs of …

Urban spatial heterogeneity shapes the evolution of an antiherbivore defense trait and its genes in white clover

T Ishiguro, MTJ Johnson, S Utsumi - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is a global threat to biodiversity due to its large impact on environmental
changes. Recently, urban environmental change has been shown to impact the evolution of …

Haplotype-Resolved, Chromosome-Level Assembly of White Clover (Trifolium repens L., Fabaceae)

JS Santangelo, P Battlay… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
White clover (Trifolium repens L.; Fabaceae) is an important forage and cover crop in
agricultural pastures around the world and is increasingly used in evolutionary ecology and …

Structural variants underlie parallel adaptation following global invasion

P Battlay, BT Hendrickson, JI Mendez-Reneau… - biorxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Rapid adaptation during invasion has historically been considered limited and
unpredictable. We leverage whole-genome sequencing of> 2600 plants across six …

A link between evolution and society fostering the UN sustainable development goals

L De Meester, E Vázquez‐Domínguez… - Evolutionary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the multitude of challenges Earth is facing, sustainability science is of key importance
to our continued existence. Evolution is the fundamental biological process underlying the …

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of the Hydrogen Cyanide Antiherbivore Defense in Trifolium repens

H Emad Fadoul, LJ Albano, ME Bergman, MA Phillips… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding the evolution of plant defenses against herbivores requires identifying the
benefits and costs of defense. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the benefits and costs of …

Tissue-specific expression of HCN and its metabolic precursors in Trifolium repens

K Bhachu, JS Santangelo, MTJ Johnson, HE Fadul - Botany, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Cyanogenesis, the release of hydrogen cyanide (HCN), is governed by two loci, Ac and Li,
in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Ac encodes a three gene region that regulates …

Altitudinal variation in herbivory resistance and genetic diversity in the naturalized cyanogenic legume

M Cabrini, AR Pinto, AS Alencar, I Paglia… - Genetic Resources and …, 2024 - Springer
Mountain landscapes are characterized by rich biodiversity shaped by variations in
topography and climate. Elucidating the interplay between elevation, genetic variability …

A transcontinental experiment elucidates (mal) adaptation of a cosmopolitan plant to climate in space and time

LJ Albano, CC Bastias, A Estarague, BT Hendrickson… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Climate change and the global spread of invasive species are two of the most significant
threats to biodiversity. Both of these phenomena subject populations to novel conditions …