Glacial cycles have played a dominant role in shaping the genetic structure and distribution
of biota in northwestern North America. The two major ice age refugia of Beringia and the …

The selection and development of a study system for evolutionary and ecological functional
genomics (EEFG) depend on a variety of factors. Here, we present the genus Boechera as …

The Brassicaceae include several major crop plants and numerous important model species
in comparative evolutionary research such as Arabidopsis, Brassica, Boechera …

Contemporary climate change is proceeding at an unprecedented rate. The question
remains whether populations adapted to historical conditions can persist under rapid …

We have compared the transcriptomic profiles of microdissected live ovules at four
developmental stages between a diploid sexual and diploid apomictic Boechera. We …

Crocus consists of about 100 species distributed from western Europe and northern Africa to
western China, with the center of diversity on the Balkan Peninsula and in Asia Minor. Our …

Environmental variation often induces shifts in functional traits, yet we know little about
whether plasticity will reduce extinction risks under climate change. As climate change …

• Premise of the study: The evolution of asexual seed production (apomixis) from sexual
relatives is a great enigma of plant biology. The genus Boechera is ideal for studying …

Apomictic plants expand their geographical distributions more to higher elevations
compared to their sexual progenitors. It was so far unclear whether this tendency is related …

Abiotic and biotic conditions often vary continuously across the landscape, imposing
divergent selection on local populations. We used a provenance trial approach to examine …