The composition of host-associated microbiomes can have important consequences for host
health and fitness [1–3]. Yet we still lack understanding of many fundamental processes that …

Abstract The National Institute on Drug Abuse and Joint Institute for Biological Sciences at
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted a meeting attended by a diverse group of …

Wide variation in amenability to transformation and regeneration (TR) among many plant
species and genotypes presents a challenge to the use of genetic engineering in research …

Community genetics seeks to understand the mechanisms by which natural genetic
variation in heritable host phenotypes can encompass assemblages of organisms such as …

To understand the genetic mechanisms underlying wood anatomical and morphological
traits in Populus trichocarpa, we used 869 unrelated genotypes from a common garden in …

As time progresses and technology improves, biological data sets are continuously
increasing in size. New methods and new implementations of existing methods are needed …

The genetic control underlying natural variation in lignin content and composition in trees is
not fully understood. We performed a systems genetic analysis to uncover the genetic …

Metabolite genome-wide association studies (mGWASs) are increasingly used to discover
the genetic basis of target phenotypes in plants such as Populus trichocarpa, a biofuel …

Growth‐regulating factors (GRFs) are important regulators of plant development and growth,
but their possible roles in xylem development in woody plants remain unclear. Here, we …

Despite the growing resources and tools for high-throughput characterization and analysis
of genomic information, the discovery of the genetic elements that regulate complex traits …