Time to get moving: assisted gene flow of forest trees

SN Aitken, JB Bemmels - Evolutionary applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic variation in trees has been investigated since the mid‐18th century. Similar
patterns of clinal variation have been observed along latitudinal and elevational gradients in …

Photoperiod‐and temperature‐mediated control of phenology in trees–a molecular perspective

RK Singh, T Svystun, B AlDahmash… - New …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Trees growing in boreal and temperate regions synchronize their growth with seasonal
climatic changes in adaptive responses that are essential for their survival. These trees …

[HTML][HTML] Mutation bias reflects natural selection in Arabidopsis thaliana

JG Monroe, T Srikant, P Carbonell-Bejerano, C Becker… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Since the first half of the twentieth century, evolutionary theory has been dominated by the
idea that mutations occur randomly with respect to their consequences. Here we test this …

[HTML][HTML] Structural variability and niche differentiation in the rhizosphere and endosphere bacterial microbiome of field-grown poplar trees

B Beckers, M Op De Beeck, N Weyens, W Boerjan… - Microbiome, 2017 - Springer
Background The plant microbiome represents one of the key determinants of plant health
and productivity by providing a plethora of functional capacities such as access to low …

[HTML][HTML] Modern strategies to assess and breed forest tree adaptation to changing climate

AJ Cortés, M Restrepo-Montoya… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Studying the genetics of adaptation to new environments in ecologically and industrially
important tree species is currently a major research line in the fields of plant science and …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Xu, H Yang, Z Tong, R Tian… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

The paradox of adaptive trait clines with nonclinal patterns in the underlying genes

KE Lotterhos - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Multivariate climate change presents an urgent need to understand how species adapt to
complex environments. Population genetic theory predicts that loci under selection will form …

Genetically informed ecological niche models improve climate change predictions

DH Ikeda, TL Max, GJ Allan, MK Lau… - Global Change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the hypothesis that ecological niche models (ENM s) more accurately predict
species distributions when they incorporate information on population genetic structure, and …

Plant carbohydrate storage: intra‐and inter‐specific trade‐offs reveal a major life history trait

M Blumstein, A Sala, DJ Weston, NM Holbrook… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trade‐offs among carbon sinks constrain how trees physiologically, ecologically, and
evolutionarily respond to their environments. These trade‐offs typically fall along a …

[HTML][HTML] Multilocus adaptation associated with heat resistance in reef-building corals

RA Bay, SR Palumbi - Current Biology, 2014 - cell.com
The evolution of tolerance to future climate change depends on the standing stock of genetic
variation for resistance to climate-related impacts [1, 2], but genes contributing to climate …