… size are common concerns related to the application of GS to conifer breeding, the results
of this study suggest that breeding based on GS is reasonably practical under realistic marker …

… of breeding, genomics and deployment methods in order to critically examine the potential
benefits of genomic selection in a typical conifer breeding … and length of breeding cycles. …

… breeding. Here, we review the current state of the art in the application of genomic selection
in forest tree breeding … The large and poorly studied genomes of trees, conifers in particular, …

… It is worth mentioning the contribution of the Conifer Translational Genomic Network project
… The goal was to bring genomic tools to conifer breeding programs in the USA. SNP markers …

… The fact that conifer genomes are very large (~20–23 Gbp) does not matter here. Their
recombination size in Morgans, ~15 M in Pinus taeda (Echt et al. 2011) to ~18 M in Picea (Pelgas …

… Genomic selection (GS) has a large potential for improving the prediction accuracy of breeding
… We compared the accuracies of genomic predictions of offspring’s breeding values from …

… genomic markers, typically, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Additionally, current
conifer breeding genetic … However, the maximization of genetic gain in breeding programs is …

… selection within breeding populations has changed allele frequencies at individual SNP loci,
within individual seedlings, populations (breeding … effects of artificial selection on climate-…

… Here we investigate such an effect in two conifer species with ~ 20 Gbp genomes, Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga … Status and perspectives of genomic selection in forest tree breeding. In …

… tree breeding programs. Finally, we modeled the increase in selection efficiency of genomic
selection, … selection, with increasing percent reductions in the time necessary to complete a …