BookDavid B. Neale, Nicholas C. Wheeler.
Summary: This book provides the first comprehensive volume on conifers detailing their genomes, variations, and evolution. The book begins with general information about conifers such as taxonomy, geography, reproduction, life history, and social and economic importance. Then topics discussed include the full genome sequence, complex traits, phenotypic and genetic variations, landscape genomics, and forest health and conservation. This book also synthesizes the research included to provide a bigger picture and suggest an evolutionary trajectory. As a large plant family, conifers are an important part of economic botany. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias. Of the phylum Coniferophyta, conifers typically bear cones and evergreen leaves. Recently, there has been much data available in conifer genomics with the publication of several crop and non-crop genome sequences. In addition to their economic importance, conifers are an important habitat for humans and animals, especially in developing parts of the world. The application of genomics for improving the productivity of conifer crops holds great promise to help provide resources for the most needy in the world.
Contents:
1. The Conifers
2. Genomes: Classical Era
3. Gene and Genome Sequencing in Conifers: Modern Era
4. Noncoding and Repetitive DNA
5. Gene Structure and Gene Families
6. Gene Expression and the Transcriptome
7. Proteomics and Metabolomics
8. Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations
9. Neutral Genetic Variation
10. Adaptive Genetic Variation
11. Quantitative Trait Dissection
12. Landscape Genomics
13. Conservation Genetics
14. Forest Health
15. Hybridization and Introgression
16. Paleobotany, Taxonomic Classification, and Phylogenetics
17. Comparative Genomics
18. Historical Perspective and Future Directions in Forest Genetics and Genomics.