This project will analyse the wider evolutionary repercussions of genetic adaptation to novel threats, by analysing genomic and trait data from tree populations suffering from a fungal pathogen epidem...

Early research suggested that human and chimp genomes are more than 98% identical. "What it means is that for each part of the human genome where the

ATP synthase, the enzyme responsible for regenerating adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the cell, comprises a proton-translocating motor in the cell mem…

Societal Impact Statement The world-wide diversity of ash trees includes genetic information encoding resistance to the ash dieback fungus and the emerald ash borer beetle, which are currently devas...

Ash Dieback Disease has become a significant blight on the tree and is affecting supply for hurleys. However, research from Kew Gardens may give hope. Éanna speaks to Professor Richard Buggs, Senior R...

Knowledge of the genomic basis of phenotypes in forest trees lags that of other economically important organisms. We sequenced the genomes of 2054 silver birch trees from 20-year-old field trials at three locations in Britain, each site containing trees from the same 29 source populations. Our results lay foundations for genomic source-selection and breeding. We discovered single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) associated with tree height, wood density, carbon isotope composition and stem form. Using genome-wide SNP we predicted variation in several phenotypic traits of trees with a similar genetic background and estimated the breeding values of 148 selected plus trees. We identified loci associated with adaptation to source local environments. We used these loci to forecast adaptation to each trial site and future predicted conditions at source. Comparison of these forecasts to phenotypic performance in the trials suggests that genomic forecasts of adaptation to future climates should be interpreted with caution. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, https://ror.org/00tnppw48, Center for Forest Protection Grant 2202 Research Council of Finland, 343059

Una investigación publicada en la revista Science revela que las nuevas generaciones de fresnos silvestres están mostrando una rápida resistencia genética al hongo invasor Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, res...

El patógeno, procedente de Asia oriental, ya ha arrasado los árboles de multitud de países europeos y se extiende por el Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa

Rapid evolution through small shifts in allele frequencies at thousands of loci is a long-standing neo-Darwinian prediction but is hard to characterize in the wild. European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsi...