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Quercus genetics and genomics
The high-quality genome sequence of northern red oak has recently been published, increasing the number of available oak genomes to four. We are inviting contributions to enhance our understanding of oak genetics and genomics using either the northern red oak reference sequence, other oak genome sequences, comparative genomics, or classical genetic approaches in oaks. Contributions should be in keeping with the broad aims of TGG.
Manuscripts intended for publication in this topical collection can be submitted any time before the end of December 2023 through the regular submission site of TGG. Submitted manuscripts will be subject to standard peer review and evaluation.
Editors
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Dr Jun Chen
(Coll. of Life Sciences, Zhejiang Univ., China) His main research interests are: What factors cause the difference between effective population size and census size in various plant species? Species of wide distribution ranges and species richness (e.g. Quercus) to a special group of ‘living fossils’ (e.g. Katsura) with low species richness, often narrow distribution ranges, and highly conserved morphological characters were compared. What are the most important factors in plant adaptation to environmental changes? They try to disentangle the roles of natural selection, recombination rate, and expression regulation in plant local adaptation
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Dr José Alberto RamÃrez-Valiente
He is a postdoctoral researcher at CREAF (Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre), Barcelona, Spain. His research interests are related to how forest tree species respond to the environment, the functional mechanisms that are involved in such a response and the influence of evolutionary forces such as genetic drift and gene flow on the adaptive process. He uses techniques and analyses from different fields such as ecophysiology, quantitative genetics and molecular genetics, which give a multidisciplinary perspective to my research. He has 35 publications, most of them in Q1 journals, and has contributed to 30 conferences.
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Dr Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Jeannine Cavender-Bares is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota and Director of the NSF ASCEND Biology Integration Institute. Her work focuses on the physiological and evolutionary dimensions of plant ecology that influence community assembly and ecosystem function--often using oaks (Quercus L) as a model clade. She is specifically interested in the genetic and evolutionary basis of variation in plant phenotypes and spectral properties that can advance remote sensing of biodiversity.
