Genomic variation across landscapes: insights and applications

JG Bragg, MA Supple, RL Andrew… - New Phytologist, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of genomic variation across landscapes can provide insights into the
complex interactions between the environment and the genome that influence the …

[HTML][HTML] Achievements and challenges of genomics-assisted breeding in forest trees: From marker-assisted selection to genome editing

S Ahmar, P Ballesta, M Ali, F Mora-Poblete - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Inferring continuous and discrete population genetic structure across space

GS Bradburd, GM Coop, PL Ralph - Genetics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
An important step in the analysis of genetic data is to describe and categorize natural
variation. Individuals that live close together are, on average, more genetically similar than …

Population genomics of Populus trichocarpa identifies signatures of selection and adaptive trait associations

LM Evans, GT Slavov, E Rodgers-Melnick, J Martin… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Forest trees are dominant components of terrestrial ecosystems that have global ecological
and economic importance. Despite distributions that span wide environmental gradients …

Plant carbohydrate storage: intra‐and inter‐specific trade‐offs reveal a major life history trait

M Blumstein, A Sala, DJ Weston, NM Holbrook… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trade‐offs among carbon sinks constrain how trees physiologically, ecologically, and
evolutionarily respond to their environments. These trade‐offs typically fall along a …

Geographical and environmental gradients shape phenotypic trait variation and genetic structure in Populus trichocarpa

AD McKown, RD Guy, J Klápště, A Geraldes… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
P opulus trichocarpa is widespread across western North America spanning extensive
variation in photoperiod, growing season and climate. We investigated trait variation in P …

Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

J Clifton‐Brown, A Harfouche, MD Casler… - Gcb …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 implicates numerous genes underlying ecological trait variation in natural populations of Populus trichocarpa

AD McKown, J Klápště, RD Guy, A Geraldes… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In order to uncover the genetic basis of phenotypic trait variation, we used 448 unrelated
wild accessions of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) from much of its range in western …

Phylogenomics of the genus Populus reveals extensive interspecific gene flow and balancing selection

M Wang, L Zhang, Z Zhang, M Li, D Wang… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenetic analysis is complicated by interspecific gene flow and the presence of shared
ancestral polymorphisms, particularly those maintained by balancing selection. In this study …

Multitrait genome‐wide association analysis of Populus trichocarpa identifies key polymorphisms controlling morphological and physiological traits

HB Chhetri, D Macaya‐Sanz, D Kainer… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …