Quercus Genetics Insights into the Past, Present, and Future of Oaks

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: bioclimatic associations; biodiversity; bisulfite sequencing; botanic gardens; chlorotype; conservation biology; conservation genetics; conservation genomics; distribution; DNA methylation; ecological speciation; endangered oaks; EST; ex situ; Fagaceae; fragmentation; functional traits; gene conservation; gene flow; genetic differentiation; genetic diversity; genetic mosaic of speciation; heterozygosity; hybridization; inbreeding; introgression; leaf traits; microsatellites; morphometrics; n/a; oak; oak decline; Oaks of Concern; parentage analysis; pedunculate oak; phenotype; phylogeny; pollination; population genetics; post-glacial migration; Quercus; Quercus havardii; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; reproductive isolation; Research and information: general; single nucleotide polymorphisms; species concepts; systematics; wind pollination

The genus Quercus (Quercus, Fagaceae) comprises more than 400 species distributed throughout the northern hemisphere. While the highest oak diversity occurs in American and Asia, European species are also widespread. Oaks are ecological dominants of many temperate forests, and evergreen species are...