What we still don't know about invasion genetics

DG Bock, C Caseys, RD Cousens… - … genetics: The baker …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Publication of The Genetics of Colonizing Species in 1965 launched the field of
invasion genetics and highlighted the value of biological invasions as natural ecological and …

Is there a genetic paradox of biological invasion?

A Estoup, V Ravigné, R Hufbauer… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Bottlenecks in population size can reduce fitness and evolutionary potential, yet introduced
species often become invasive. This poses a dilemma referred to as the genetic paradox of …

50 years of Arabidopsis research: highlights and future directions

NJ Provart, J Alonso, SM Assmann… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2014 marked the 25th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research. In the
50 yr since the first International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, held in 1965 in …

Genetic architecture of flowering phenology in cereals and opportunities for crop improvement

CB Hill, C Li - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cereal crop species including bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare
L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.), and maize (Zea mays L.) provide the bulk of human nutrition and …

Migration‐related phenotypic divergence is associated with epigenetic modifications in rainbow trout

MR Baerwald, MH Meek, MR Stephens… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Migration is essential for the reproduction and survival of many animals, yet little is
understood about its underlying molecular mechanisms. We used the salmonid …

ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 4 negatively regulates flowering through directly promoting Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS C transcription

K Shu, Q Chen, Y Wu, R Liu, H Zhang… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
During the life cycle of a plant, one of the major biological processes is the transition from
the vegetative to the reproductive stage. In Arabidopsis, flowering time is precisely controlled …

Epigenetic regulation of vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis

M Xu, T Hu, MR Smith, RS Poethig - The Plant Cell, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Vegetative phase change in flowering plants is regulated by a decrease in the level of
miR156. The molecular mechanism of this temporally regulated decrease in miR156 …

AtHD2D Gene Plays a Role in Plant Growth, Development, and Response to Abiotic Stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana

Z Han, H Yu, Z Zhao, D Hunter, X Luo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The histone deacetylases play important roles in the regulation of gene expression and the
subsequent control of a number of important biological processes, including those involved …

Molecular phenology in plants: in natura systems biology for the comprehensive understanding of seasonal responses under natural environments

H Kudoh - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Phenology refers to the study of seasonal schedules of organisms. Molecular phenology is
defined here as the study of the seasonal patterns of organisms captured by molecular …

DELLA proteins interact with FLC to repress flowering transition

M Li, F An, W Li, M Ma, Y Feng… - Journal of Integrative …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Flowering is a highly orchestrated and extremely critical process in a plant's life cycle.
Previous study has demonstrated that SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF …