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 …

Somatic embryogenesis is a developmental process where a plant somatic cell can
dedifferentiate to a totipotent embryonic stem cell that has the ability to give rise to an …

Oaks are an important part of our natural and cultural heritage. Not only are they ubiquitous
in our most common landscapes but they have also supplied human societies with …

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 …

Testing how populations are locally adapted and predicting their response to their future
environment is of key importance in view of climate change. Landscape genomics is a …

Ancient DNA research has been revolutionized following development of next-generation
sequencing platforms. Although a number of such platforms have been applied to ancient …

DNA methylation in plants affects transposon silencing, transcriptional regulation and thus
phenotypic variation. One unanswered question is whether DNA methylation could be …

Because plants do not possess a defined germline, deleterious somatic mutations can be
passed to gametes, and a large number of cell divisions separating zygote from gamete …

Oak represents a valuable natural resource across Northern Hemisphere ecosystems,
attracting a large research community studying its genetics, ecology, conservation, and …

Understanding how the environment shapes genetic variation provides critical insight about
the evolution of local adaptation in natural populations. At multiple spatial scales and …