Forest tree breeding efforts have focused mainly on improving traits of economic importance,
selecting trees suited to new environments or generating trees that are more resilient to …

Forests are not only the most predominant of the Earth's terrestrial ecosystems, but are also
the core supply for essential products for human use. However, global climate change and …

We assembled the 9.8-Gbp genome of western redcedar (WRC; Thuja plicata), an
ecologically and economically important conifer species of the Cupressaceae. The genome …

Background Genomic selection (GS) or genomic prediction is a promising approach for tree
breeding to obtain higher genetic gains by shortening time of progeny testing in breeding …

Molecular markers play a crucial role in the improvement of rice. To benefit from these
markers, genotyping is carried out to identify the differences at a specific position in the …

Multivariate analysis using mixed models allows for the exploration of genetic correlations
between traits. Additionally, the transition to a genomic based approach is simplified by …

Premise An informatics approach was used for the construction of an Axiom genotyping
array from heterogeneous, high‐throughput sequence data to assess the complex genome …

This chapter provides an overview of the genomic selection progress in long-lived forest tree
species. Factors affecting the prediction accuracy in genomic prediction are assessed with …

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are powerful tools for investigating
population structures, linkage analysis, and genome-wide association studies, as well as for …

We performed gene and genome targeted SNP discovery towards the development of a
genome‐wide, multispecies genotyping array for tropical pines. Pooled RNA‐seq data from …