Evergreen conifers are champions of winter survival, based on their remarkable ability to
acclimate to cold and develop cold hardiness. Counterintuitively, autumn cold acclimation is …

Living gymnosperms comprise only a little more than 1000 species, but represent four of the
five main lineages of seed plants, including cycads, ginkgos, gnetophytes and conifers. This …

White spruce (Picea glauca), a gymnosperm tree, has been established as one of the
models for conifer genomics. We describe the draft genome assemblies of two white spruce …

The largest genus in the conifer family Pinaceae is Pinus, with over 100 species. The size
and complexity of their genomes (∼ 20–40 Gb, 2 n= 24) have delayed the arrival of a well …

Insights from sequenced genomes of major land plant lineages have advanced research in
almost every aspect of plant biology. Until recently, however, assembled genome …

Local adaptation in tree species has been documented through a long history of common
garden experiments where functional traits (height, bud phenology) are used as proxies for …

Genomic selection (GS) is of interest in breeding because of its potential for predicting the
genetic value of individuals and increasing genetic gains per unit of time. To date, very few …

Background Genomic selection (GS) uses information from genomic signatures consisting of
thousands of genetic markers to predict complex traits. As such, GS represents a promising …

Spruces (Picea spp.) are coniferous trees widespread in boreal and mountainous forests of
the northern hemisphere, with large economic significance and enormous contributions to …

As boreal forests face significant threats from climate change, understanding evolutionary
trajectories of coniferous species has become fundamental to adapting management and …