Local adaptation shapes species diversity, can be a stepping stone to ecological speciation,
and can facilitate species range expansion. Population genetic analyses, which complement …

Although it is well appreciated that genetic studies of flowering time regulation have led to
fundamental advances in the fields of molecular and developmental biology, the ways in …

Restriction site‐Associated DNA sequencing (RAD‐seq) has become a widely adopted
method for genotyping populations of model and non‐model organisms. Generating a …

Local adaptation is a central feature of most species occupying spatially heterogeneous
environments, and may factor critically in responses to environmental change. However …

Accounting for population-level adaptation and migration remains a central challenge to
predicting climate change effects on biodiversity. Assessing how climate change could …

Comparing allele frequencies among populations that differ in environment has long been a
tool for detecting loci involved in local adaptation. However, such analyses are complicated …

Gradient Forests (GF) is a machine learning algorithm that is gaining in popularity for
studying the environmental drivers of genomic variation and for incorporating genomic …

P opulus trichocarpa is widespread across western North America spanning extensive
variation in photoperiod, growing season and climate. We investigated trait variation in P …

Local adaptation to climate is common in plant species and has been studied in a range of
contexts, from improving crop yields to predicting population maladaptation to future …

In order to uncover the genetic basis of phenotypic trait variation, we used 448 unrelated
wild accessions of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) from much of its range in western …