Detecting the extrinsic selective pressures shaping genomic variation is critical for a better
understanding of adaptation and for forecasting evolutionary responses of natural …

Although it is well appreciated that genetic studies of flowering time regulation have led to
fundamental advances in the fields of molecular and developmental biology, the ways in …

Biodiversity is defined by trait differences between organisms, and biologists have long
sought to predict associations among ecologically important traits. Why do some traits trade …

Interest in the study of gene–environment interaction has recently grown due to the sudden
availability of molecular genetic data—in particular, polygenic scores—in many long-running …

How natural diversity is maintained is an evolutionary puzzle. Genetic variation can be
eroded by drift and directional selection but some polymorphisms persist for long time …

The ability of populations to expand their geographical ranges, whether as invaders,
agricultural strains or climate migrants, is currently one of the most serious global problems …

Despite long-standing interest in local adaptation of plants to their biotic and abiotic
environment, existing theory, and many case studies, little work to date has addressed within …

All organisms experience fundamental conflicts between divergent metabolic processes. In
plants, a pivotal conflict occurs between allocation to growth, which accelerates resource …

Cereal crop breeders have achieved considerable genetic gain in genetically complex traits,
such as grain yield, while maintaining genetic diversity. However, focus on selection for yield …

This study characterizes evolution at≈ 1.86 million Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
(SNPs) within a natural population of yellow monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus). Most SNPs …