SUMMARY

• Scientific Summary
• For a general introduction to the AdapTree project see “For the Public” .
  

RESEARCH PROGRESS

Abstracts from Forest Genetics 2013

1. Adaptation and Climate Change

• Genetic conservation in the Anthropocene: The case for assisted gene flow in forest trees
• Perceptions of adaptation in forest management
• FST Outlier tests in genome scans for local adaptation: when do they tell the truth and what are we missing?
• Geographic patterns of adaptive variation in interior spruce and lodgepole pine in Western Canada

2. Genetics and Genomics

• Using RNAseq to characterize gene expression in lodgepole pine and interior spruce
• Finding the genes for local adaptation: Trimming to account for population structure
• Sequence capture in lodgepole pine and interior spruce
• Genome-wide effects of selective breeding on adaptation of reforestation seedlots for future climates
• Genotyping-by-sequencing as an economical method of SNP discovery in lodgepole pine and interior spruce