Life-history traits or “fitness components”—such as age and size at maturity, fecundity and
fertility, age-specific rates of survival, and life span—are the major phenotypic determinants …

Since the basic biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis are remarkably conserved
among plant species, genetic modification approaches have so far been the main route to …

Tyrosine-type site-specific recombinases (T-SSRs) have opened new avenues for the
predictable modification of genomes as they enable precise genome editing in heterologous …

The contribution of genetic interactions involving three or more loci to complex traits is poorly
understood. These higher-order genetic interactions (HGIs) are difficult to detect in genetic …

Over the last 20 years, studies of Caenorhabditis elegans natural diversity have
demonstrated the power of quantitative genetic approaches to reveal the evolutionary …

Establishing the genetic and molecular basis underlying adaptive traits is one of the major
goals of evolutionary geneticists in order to understand the connection between genotype …

In recent years developments in plant phenomic approaches and facilities have gradually
caught up with genomic approaches. An opportunity lies ahead to dissect complex …

Chromosomal inversions, structural mutations that reverse a segment of a chromosome,
cause suppression of recombination in the heterozygous state. Several studies have shown …

The reciprocal hemizygosity test is a straightforward genetic test that can positively identify
genes that have evolved to contribute to a phenotypic difference between strains or between …

The number of male gametes is critical for reproductive success and varies between and
within species. The evolutionary reduction of the number of pollen grains encompassing the …