Introgression is emerging as an important source of novel genetic variation, alongside
standing variation and mutation. It is adaptive when such introgressed alleles are …

Forest tree breeding has been successful at delivering genetically improved material for
multiple traits based on recurrent cycles of selection, mating, and testing. However, long …

Key message We propose the application of enviromics to breeding practice, by which the
similarity among sites assessed on an “omics” scale of environmental attributes drives the …

Genetic improvement through breeding is one of the key approaches to increasing biomass
supply. This paper documents the breeding progress to date for four perennial biomass …

Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) have great promise for identifying the loci that
contribute to adaptive variation, but the complex genetic architecture of many quantitative …

Population genomics is advancing our understanding of evolution, ecology, conservation,
agriculture, forestry, and human health by allowing new and long-standing questions to be …

Heterozygous alleles are widespread in outcrossing and clonally propagated woody plants.
The variation in heterozygosity that underlies population adaptive evolution and phenotypic …

Genetic diversity is a prerequisite for evolutionary change in all kinds of organisms. It is
generally acknowledged that populations lacking genetic variation are unable to evolve in …

Local adaptation arises as a result of selection by the local environment favoring
phenotypes that enhance fitness. Geographic patterns of phenotypic variation are in part …

The biomass demand to fuel a growing global bio-based economy is expected to
tremendously increase over the next decades, and projections indicate that dedicated …