Understanding the plant immune system is crucial for using genetics to protect crops from
diseases. Plants resist pathogens via a two-tiered innate immune detection-and-response …

Contents Summary 669 I. Model clades for the study and integration of ecology and
evolution 670 II. Oaks: an important model clade 671 III. Insights from the history of the …

We elucidate grapevine evolution and domestication histories with 3525 cultivated and wild
accessions worldwide. In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove the separation of wild grape …

Genomics drives the current progress in molecular biology, generating unprecedented
volumes of data. The scientific value of these sequences depends on the ability to evaluate …

Northern Hemisphere forests changed drastically in the early Eocene with the diversification
of the oak family (Fagaceae). Cooling climates over the next 20 million years fostered the …

Introgression can be an important source of new alleles for adaption under rapidly changing
environments, perhaps even more important than standing variation. Though introgression …

The tree of life is highly reticulate, with the history of population divergence emerging from
populations of gene phylogenies that reflect histories of introgression, lineage sorting and …

Background Mango is one of the world's most important tropical fruits. It belongs to the family
Anacardiaceae, which includes several other economically important species, notably …

Studying the genetics of adaptation to new environments in ecologically and industrially
important tree species is currently a major research line in the fields of plant science and …

The gymnosperm Welwitschia mirabilis belongs to the ancient, enigmatic gnetophyte
lineage. It is a unique desert plant with extreme longevity and two ever-elongating leaves …