Phenotypic and Genomic Local Adaptation across Latitude and Altitude in Populus trichocarpa

M Zhang, H Suren, JA Holliday - Genome biology and evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Local adaptation to climate allows plants to cope with temporally and spatially
heterogeneous environments, and parallel phenotypic clines provide a natural experiment …

Evidence for extensive parallelism but divergent genomic architecture of adaptation along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients in Populus trichocarpa

JA Holliday, L Zhou, R Bawa, M Zhang… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptation to climate across latitude and altitude reflects shared climatic constraints, which
may lead to parallel adaptation. However, theory predicts that higher gene flow should favor …

Recombination rate variation, hitchhiking, and demographic history shape deleterious load in poplar

M Zhang, L Zhou, R Bawa, H Suren… - Molecular Biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Deleterious alleles are expected to be purged by purifying selection or maintained at low
frequency. However, many additional evolutionary forces may shape the pattern of …

Interpreting common garden studies to understand cueing mechanisms of spring leafing phenology in temperate and boreal tree species

C Salk - Silva Fennica, 2020 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Trees are particularly susceptible to climate change due to their long lives and slow
dispersal. However, trees can adjust the timing of their growing season in response to …

Evolutionary Divergence of Duplicated Hsf Genes in Populus

B Liu, J Hu, J Zhang - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs), which function as the activator of heat shock proteins
(Hsps), play multiple roles in response to environmental stress and the development of …

Performance and genetic parameters of poplar hybrids and clones in a field trial are modified by contrasting environmental conditions during the vegetative …

V Gudynaitė-Franckevičienė, A Pliūra - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study investigates epigenetics-like phenomena: how performance phenotypic plasticity,
genotypic variation, and the heritability of growth traits and total phenolic compounds of …

Natural variation in chalcone isomerase defines a major locus controlling growth variation between Populus nigra populations

D Harold, D Annabelle, J Véronique, P Marie, P Gilles… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Poplar is a promising resource for wood production and the development of lignocellulosic
biomass, but currently available varieties have not been optimized for these purposes …

Developing tree improvement strategies for challenging environmental stresses under global climate change: a review from traditional tree breeding to genomics of …

D Mu, C Ding, H Chen, Y Li, EM Raley - The Poplar Genome, 2024 - Springer
Quaking or trembling aspen in North America and Euro-Asia (Populus tremuloides and P.
tremula, respectively) are both widely distributed species with a long history of scientific …

Deyu Mu, Chen Ding, Hao Chen

Y Li, EMF Raley - The Poplar Genome - Springer
Quaking or trembling aspen in North America and Euro-Asia (Populus tremuloides and P.
tremula, respectively) are both widely distributed species with a long history of scientific …

Dissecting genetic variation in European Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) : special emphasis on polygenic adaptation

S Kujala - 2015 - oulurepo.oulu.fi
Tiivistelmä Sopeutuminen perustuu usein polygeenisiin ominaisuuksiin. Näiden
ominaisuuksien geneettiset taustat ovat silti vielä pitkälti selvittämättä …