Research in forest tree species has advanced slowly when compared with other agricultural
crops and model organisms, mainly due to the long‐life cycles, large genome sizes, and …

Over the last 200 years, humans have impacted the genetic diversity of forest trees. Because
of widespread deforestation and over-exploitation, about 9000 tree species are listed …

Genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) in plants typically suffer from limited statistical
power. An alternative to the logistical and cost challenge of increasing sample sizes is to …

Here, we perform cross-generational GS analysis on coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga
menziesii), reflecting trans-generational selective breeding application. A total of 1321 trees …

Progress in high‐throughput phenotyping and genomics provides the potential to
understand the genetic basis of plant functional differentiation. We developed a semi …

The genic species concept implies that while most of the genome can be exchanged
somewhat freely between species through introgression, some genomic regions remain …

Delivering material selected for breeding purposes into the wild in the context of sustainable
forest management might reduce the levels of genetic diversity of future forests in …

Droughts of increasing severity and frequency are a primary cause of forest mortality
associated with climate change. Yet, fundamental knowledge gaps regarding the complex …

Background Increasing our understanding of the genetic architecture of complex traits,
through analyses of genotype-phenotype associations and of the genes/polymorphisms …

Teasing apart the effects of natural selection and demography on current allele frequencies
is challenging, due to both processes leaving a similar molecular footprint. In particular …