Phylogenomic analyses highlight innovation and introgression in the continental radiations of Fagaceae across the Northern Hemisphere

BF Zhou, S Yuan, AA Crowl, YY Liang, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
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 among North American wild grapes (Vitis) fuels biotic and abiotic adaptation

A Morales-Cruz, JA Aguirre-Liguori, Y Zhou, A Minio… - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Introgressive hybridization can reassort genetic variants into beneficial
combinations, permitting adaptation to new ecological niches. To evaluate evolutionary …

Current sika deer effective population size is near to reaching its historically highest level in the Japanese archipelago by release from hunting rather than climate …

H Iijima, J Nagata, A Izuno, K Uchiyama… - The …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Deer species were repeatedly overexploited and protected for their meat and fur and they
had strong impacts on ecosystems and human society by damaging crops and planted …

Hybridization and introgression in sympatric and allopatric populations of four oak species

X Li, G Wei, YA El-Kassaby, Y Fang - BMC Plant Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Hybridization and introgression are vital sources of novel genetic variation
driving diversification during reticulated evolution. Quercus is an important model clade …

Oak genomics is proving its worth

C Plomion, F Martin - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article is an Editorial highlighting: Moseler et al., 226: 967–977; Cannon & Petit, 226:
978–983; Kremer & Hipp, 226: 987–1011; Leroy et al., 226: 1012–1017, 1171–1182, 1183 …

Drought tolerance in dipterocarp species improved through interspecific hybridization in a tropical rainforest

T Kenzo, T Ichie, Y Norichika, K Kamiya, Y Inoue… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gene transfer through interspecific hybridization can enhance functions such as growth
performance, although its role in the ecophysiological functions of tropical tree species …

Species identification through deep learning and geometrical morphology in oaks (Quercus spp.): Pros and cons

M Qi, FK Du, F Guo, K Yin, J Tang - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plant phenotypic characteristics, especially leaf morphology of leaves, are an important
indicator for species identification. However, leaf shape can be extraordinarily complex in …

Genetic differentiation across a steep and narrow environmental gradient: Quantitative genetic and genomic insights into Lake Superior populations of Quercus rubra

MJ Gómez Quijano, BL Gross, JR Etterson - Molecular ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive differentiation of traits and underlying loci can occur at a small geographical scale
if natural selection is stronger than countervailing gene flow and drift. We investigated this …

Comparative Analysis of SNP Discovery and Genotyping in Fagus sylvatica L. and Quercus robur L. Using RADseq, GBS, and ddRAD Methods

B Ulaszewski, J Meger, J Burczyk - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Next-generation sequencing of reduced representation genomic libraries (RRL) is capable
of providing large numbers of genetic markers for population genetic studies at relatively low …

High‐quality haplotype‐resolved genome assembly for ring‐cup oak (Quercus glauca) provides insight into oaks demographic dynamics

CS Luo, TT Li, XL Jiang, Y Song, TT Fan… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis represents a dominant woody lineage in East Asian
evergreen broadleaved forests. Regardless of its ecological and economic importance, little …