Convergent local adaptation to climate in distantly related conifers

Sam Yeaman, Kathryn A. Hodgins, Katie E. Lotterhos, +13

Science

GeneticsGenomicsRange ShiftGenetic DiversityMolecular Ecology +16

Tree rings provide a new class of phenotypes for genetic associations that foster insights into adaptation of conifers to climate change

Johann Housset, Simon Nadeau, Nathalie Isabel, +4

New Phytologist

EngineeringGeneticsForestryGenetic AssociationsMolecular Ecology +15

Adaptive genetic variation to drought in a widely distributed conifer suggests a potential for increasing forest resilience in a drying climate

Claire Depardieu, Martin P. Girardin, Simon Nadeau, +3

New Phytologist

Drought IntensityEngineeringAdaptive Genetic VariationGeneticsForestry +15

Multi‐trait genomic selection for weevil resistance, growth, and wood quality in Norway spruce

P. Lenz, Simon Nadeau, Marie‐Josée Mottet, +4

Evolutionary Applications

The challenge of separating signatures of local adaptation from those of isolation by distance and colonization history: The case of two white pines

Simon Nadeau, Patrick G. Meirmans, Sally N. Aitken, +2

Ecology and Evolution

Genomic prediction for hastening and improving efficiency of forward selection in conifer polycross mating designs: an example from white spruce

P. Lenz, Simon Nadeau, Aïda Azaiez, +6

Heredity

Connecting tree‐ring phenotypes, genetic associations and transcriptomics to decipher the genomic architecture of drought adaptation in a widespread conifer

Claire Depardieu, Sébastien Gérardi, Simon Nadeau, +7

Molecular Ecology

GeneticsDrought ResilienceGenomicsWidespread ConiferGenetic Diversity +20

Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity across the ranges of <i>Pinus monticola</i> and <i>P. strobus</i>: A comparison between eastern and western North American postglacial colonization histories

Simon Nadeau, Julie Godbout, Manuel Lamothe, +3

American Journal of Botany

Genomic selection for resistance to spruce budworm in white spruce and relationships with growth and wood quality traits

Jean Beaulieu, Simon Nadeau, Chen Ding, +10

Evolutionary Applications

Breeding for adaptation to climate change: genomic selection for drought response in a white spruce multi‐site polycross test

Jean‐Philippe Laverdière, P. Lenz, Simon Nadeau, +5

Evolutionary Applications