1. Genomic signatures of climate-driven (mal)adaptation in an iconic conifer, the English Yew (Taxus baccata L.)Thomas Francisco, Santiago C. González-Martínez, Maria Mayol, Elia Vajana, Miquel Riba, Marjana Westergren, Stephen Cavers, Sara Pinosio, Francesca Bagnoli, Maurizio Marchi, Filipos Aravanopoulos, 2025, zaključena znanstvena zbirka raziskovalnih podatkov Povzetek: This dataset consists of a Variant Call Format (VCF) file containing genomic data from Taxus baccata (European yew). The dataset includes 11,374 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) identified across 490 individual trees sampled from across the European range of the species. This dataset was used to carry out a study investigating patterns of local adaptation and to assessing the risk of climate maladaptation using genomic offset approaches. English (2025-05-28)
Ključne besede: climate change , genomic offset , genotype- environment association , local adaptation , Taxus baccata
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 03.11.2025; Ogledov: 115; Prenosov: 30
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2. Genomic signatures of climate-driven (mal)adaptation in an iconic conifer, the English Yew (Taxus baccata L.)Thomas Francisco, Maria Mayol, Elia Vajana, Miquel Riba, Marjana Westergren, Stephen Cavers, Sara Pinosio, Francesca Bagnoli, Maurizio Marchi, Filipos Aravanopoulos, 2025, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: The risk of climate maladaptation is increasing for numerous species, including trees. Developing robust methods to assess population maladaptation remains a critical challenge. Genomic offset approaches aim to predict climate maladaptation by characterizing the genomic changes required for populations to maintain their fitness under changing climates. In this study, we assessed the risk of climate maladaptation in European populations of English yew (Taxus baccata), a long-lived tree with a patchy distribution across Europe, the Atlas Mountains, and the Near East, where many populations are small or threatened. We found evidence suggesting local climate adaptation by analyzing 8616 SNPs in 475 trees from 29 European T. baccata populations, with climate explaining 18.1% of genetic variance and 100 unlinked climate-associated loci identified via genotype-environment association (GEA). Then, we evaluated the deviation of populations from the overall gene-climate association to assess variability in local adaptation or different adaptation trajectories across populations and found the highest deviations in low latitude populations. Moreover, we predicted genomic offsets and successfully validated these predictions using phenotypic traits assessed in plants from 26 populations grown in a comparative experiment. Finally, we integrated information from current local adaptation, genomic offset, historical genetic differentiation, and effective migration rates to show that Mediterranean and high-elevation T. baccata populations face higher vulnerability to climate change than low-elevation Atlantic and continental populations. Our study demonstrates the practical use of the genomic offset framework in conservation genetics, offers insights for its further development, and highlights the need for a population-centered approach that incorporates additional statistics and data sources to credibly assess climate vulnerability in wild plant populations.
Ključne besede: climate change , genomic offset , genotype- environment association , local adaptation , Taxus baccata
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 10.10.2025; Ogledov: 232; Prenosov: 97
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3. Genomics and adaptation in forest ecosystemsCharalambos Neophytou, Katrin Heer, Pascal Miles, Martina Peter, Tanja Pyhäjärvi, Marjana Westergren, Christian Rellstab, Felix Gugerli, 2022, izvirni znanstveni članek Povzetek: Rapid human-induced environmental changes like climate warming represent a challenge for forest ecosystems. Due to their biological complexity and the long generation time of their keystone tree species, genetic adaptation in these ecosystems might not be fast enough to keep track with conditions changing at such a fast pace. The study of adaptation to environmental change and its genetic mechanisms is therefore key for ensuring a sustainable support and management of forests. The 4-day conference of the European Research Group EvolTree (https://www.evoltree.eu) on the topic of “Genomics and Adaptation in Forest Ecosystems” brought together over 130 scientists to present and discuss the latest developments and findings in forest evolutionary research. Genomic studies in forest trees have long been hampered by the lack of high-quality genomics resources and affordable genotyping methods. This has dramatically changed in the last few years; the conference impressively showed how such tools are now being applied to study past demography, adaptation and interactions with associated organisms. Moreover, genomic studies are now finally also entering the world of conservation and forest management, for example by measuring the value or cost of interspecific hybridization and introgression, assessing the vulnerability of species and populations to future change, or accurately delineating evolutionary significant units. The newly launched conference series of EvolTree will hopefully play a key role in the exchange and synthesis of such important investigations.
Ključne besede: gene conservation, genetic diversity, local adaptation, pathogens, selection, mycorrhizal fungi
Objavljeno v DiRROS: 18.02.2022; Ogledov: 1569; Prenosov: 1083
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