The breeding of forest trees is only a few decades old, and is a much more complicated, longer, and expensive endeavor than the breeding of agricultural crops. One breeding cycle …
Genotype by environment interaction (G× E) refers to the comparative performances of genotypes differing among environments, representing differences in genotype rankings or …
Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation, agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …
EA Zimmer, J Wen - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Single and low copy nuclear genes offer a larger number of, and more rapidly evolving, characters than the chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal gene sequences that have dominated …
• Premise of the study: The Compositae (Asteraceae) are a large and diverse family of plants, and the most comprehensive phylogeny to date is a meta‐tree based on 10 …
T Cardi - Plant Breeding, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant genetic resources (PGR) represent valuable sources of genetic variability for crop breeding. The development of novel biotechnologies is necessary for increasing the …
C Gasc, E Peyretaillade, P Peyret - Nucleic Acids Research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The recent expansion of next-generation sequencing has significantly improved biological research. Nevertheless, deep exploration of genomes or metagenomic samples remains …
Hybridization is a frequent and important force in plant evolution. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods offer new possibilities for clade resolution and ambitious …
Genomic selection is expected to enhance the genetic improvement of forest tree species by providing more accurate estimates of breeding values through marker-based relationship …