The genomics of wood formation in angiosperm trees

Xinqiang He; Andrew T. Groover

doi:10.1007/7397_2016_17

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The genomics of wood formation in angiosperm trees

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Authors:

Xinqiang He, Andrew T. Groover

Year:

2017

Type:

Book

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/7397_2016_17

Source:

Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Angiosperm Trees. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 21

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Abstract

Advances in genomic science have enabled comparative approaches that can evaluate the evolution of genes and mechanisms underlying phenotypic traits relevant to angiosperm forest trees. Wood formation is an excellent subject for comparative genomics, as it is an ancestral trait for angiosperms and has undergone significant modification in different angiosperm lineages. This chapter discusses some of the traits associated with wood formation, what is currently known about the genes and mechanisms regulating these traits, and how comparative evolutionary genomic studies can be undertaken to provide more comprehensive views of the evolution and development of wood formation in angiosperms.

Keywords

Wood formation, Wood development, Wood evolution, Transcriptional regulation, Epigenetics, Comparative genomics

Citation

He, Xinqiang; Groover, Andrew T. 2017. The genomics of wood formation in angiosperm trees. In: Groover, A.; Cronk, Q., eds. Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics of Angiosperm Trees. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 21. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Chapter 10.