Forest Tree Conservation Genomics

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Beijing Forestry University

East China Normal University

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Guillaume De Lafontaine

Université du Québec à Rimouski

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Forests provide food and shelter for wildlife and play a key role in maintaining global biodiversity. Due to overconsumption, tree species are increasingly endangered, and the forested area is shrinking dramatically, however, the underlying evolutionary processes are still poorly understood. This is because we lack empirical data to assess the adaptive/maladaptive responses of tree species to environmental change. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have fostered the development of population and landscape genomics, which provide new analytical tools to study the genetic imprints of adaptive mechanisms in forest tree species.

The detailed goals of this Research Topic are: (1) estimate patterns of genetic diversity in tree species using genetic or genomic data; (2) assess the evolutionary processes that determine the structure of genomic variation; The research theme will improve our understanding of the mechanisms that threaten forest tree species and ecosystems. As such, it will help guide future forest conservation activities.

We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:

- Data mining from various types of tree species genomic data.
- Population genomics/genetics for forest trees.
- Landscape genomics/genetics of forest trees
- Genetic compensation, adaptation delay, or susceptibility of tree species
- Genotype-phenotype-environment associate of tree species
- Interactions of trees with other organisms and their response to environmental changes

Forests provide food and shelter for wildlife and play a key role in maintaining global biodiversity. Due to overconsumption, tree species are increasingly endangered, and the forested area is shrinking dramatically, however, the underlying evolutionary processes are still poorly understood. This is because we lack empirical data to assess the adaptive/maladaptive responses of tree species to environmental change. Recent advances in DNA sequencing technology have fostered the development of population and landscape genomics, which provide new analytical tools to study the genetic imprints of adaptive mechanisms in forest tree species.

The detailed goals of this Research Topic are: (1) estimate patterns of genetic diversity in tree species using genetic or genomic data; (2) assess the evolutionary processes that determine the structure of genomic variation; The research theme will improve our understanding of the mechanisms that threaten forest tree species and ecosystems. As such, it will help guide future forest conservation activities.

We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:

- Data mining from various types of tree species genomic data.
- Population genomics/genetics for forest trees.
- Landscape genomics/genetics of forest trees
- Genetic compensation, adaptation delay, or susceptibility of tree species
- Genotype-phenotype-environment associate of tree species
- Interactions of trees with other organisms and their response to environmental changes

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Beijing Forestry University

East China Normal University

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

Guillaume De Lafontaine

Université du Québec à Rimouski

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