Research highlights: Our study is the first to explore the genetic composition of ancient
Cryptomeria trees across a distribution range in China. Background and objectives …

Background Proteins with nucleotide binding site (NBS) and leucine-rich repeat (LRR)
domains (NLR) make up one of most important resistance (R) families for plants to resist …

To understand how historical and environmental factors have shaped genetic diversity and
spatial genetic patterns of tree species, we characterized the genetic diversity and the …

Cryptomeria japonica is a very important and useful forestry tree in Japan and there are vast
areas of plantation area that occupy 44% of the total man‐made forest in the country. Natural …

Cryptomeria japonica is a commercially important tree native to Japan. The tree belongs to
the ancient genus Cryptomeria and has found important uses as a medicinal plant, as well …

Despite the prevalence of sclerophyllous vegetation in Australia, there are few
phylogeographic studies with continent-wide sampling addressing questions about the …

Castanopsis chinensis (Spreng.) Hance is widespread in the subtropical forests of China.
Castanopsis qiongbeiensis GA Fu and Castanopsis glabrifolia JQ Li & Li Chen are limited to …

Genetic structure and distribution patterns of modern floras are strongly affected by climatic
change and geographical isolation. In the present study, we applied restriction site …

The adaptive capacity of tree species is crucial for their survival under environmental
change. Liushan (Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis), an allogamous conifer species, is …

Japanese red cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) has been grown primarily as an amenity
species since its introduction to western Europe in the nineteenth century. The species may …