The global change scenarios highlight the urgency of clarifying the mechanisms driving the
determination of wood traits in forest trees. Coniferous xylem is characterized by the …

Abstract Purpose of Review Wood represents an important economic natural resource and
the molecular regulatory mechanisms underlying its formation are best studied through …

In the last years, forestry scientists have adapted genomics and next‐generation sequencing
(NGS) technologies to the search for candidate genes related to the transcriptomics of …

Juvenile wood (JW) and mature wood (MW) have distinct physical and chemical characters,
resulting from wood formation at different development phases over tree lifespan. However …

Highlights•We compare various experimental systems for wood formation study.•We
highlight the importance of the first released genome of a gymnosperm tree.•Evidence …

Evolutionary developmental biology (evo‐devo) explores the link between developmental
patterning and phenotypic change through evolutionary time. In this review, we highlight the …

Forests, comprising 31% of the Earth's surface, play pivotal roles in regulating the carbon,
water, and energy cycles. Despite being far less diverse than angiosperms, gymnosperms …

Enormous distinctions of the stem structure and cell types between gymnosperms and
angiosperms tree species are expected to cause quite different wood physical and …

Trees usually produce wood with distinct properties at different developmental stages.
Juvenile wood (JW) formed in younger trees has poorer properties than mature wood (MW) …

The lignified tissue in the secondary stem is the main source of wood. In this study, we
applied RNA-Seq analysis to the poplar stems in three developmental stages, including …