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2025 Journal Article Correction: Revealing stable SNPs and genomic prediction insights across environments enhance breeding strategies of productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in white spruceCappa, Eduardo P., Chen, Charles, Klutsch, Jennifer G., Sebastian-Azcona, Jaime, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Wei, Xiaojing, Da Ros, Letitia, Liu, Yang, Bhumireddy, Sudarshana Reddy, Benowicz, Andy, Mansfield, Shawn D., Erbilgin, Nadir, Thomas, Barb R. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2025). Correction: Revealing stable SNPs and genomic prediction insights across environments enhance breeding strategies of productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in white spruce. Heredity, 134 (3-4), 247-247. doi: 10.1038/s41437-025-00757-x |
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2025 Journal Article Revealing stable SNPs and genomic prediction insights across environments enhance breeding strategies of productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in white spruceCappa, Eduardo P., Chen, Charles, Klutsch, Jennifer G., Sebastian-Azcona, Jaime, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Wei, Xiaojing, Da Ros, Letitia, Liu, Yang, Bhumireddy, Sudarshana Reddy, Benowicz, Andy, Mansfield, Shawn D., Erbilgin, Nadir, Thomas, Barb R. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2025). Revealing stable SNPs and genomic prediction insights across environments enhance breeding strategies of productivity, defense, and climate-adaptability traits in white spruce. Heredity, 134 (3-4) 1048, 186-199. doi: 10.1038/s41437-025-00747-z |
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2023 Journal Article Decoupling of height growth and drought or pest resistance tradeoffs is revealed through multiple common-garden experiments of lodgepole pineLiu, Yang, Erbilgin, Nadir, Cappa, Eduardo Pablo, Chen, Charles, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Wei, Xiaojing, Klutsch, Jennifer G, Ullah, Aziz, Azcona, Jaime Sebastian, Thomas, Barb R and El-Kassaby, Yousry A (2023). Decoupling of height growth and drought or pest resistance tradeoffs is revealed through multiple common-garden experiments of lodgepole pine. Evolution, 77 (3), 893-906. doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpad004 |
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2022 Journal Article Conservation prioritization based on past cascading climatic effects on genetic diversity and population size dynamics: Insights from a temperate tree speciesLiu, Yang (2022). Conservation prioritization based on past cascading climatic effects on genetic diversity and population size dynamics: Insights from a temperate tree species. Diversity and Distributions, 28 (12) 13490, 2712-2728. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13490 |
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2022 Journal Article Multiple-trait analyses improved the accuracy of genomic prediction and the power of genome-wide association of productivity and climate change-adaptive traits in lodgepole pineCappa, Eduardo P., Chen, Charles, Klutsch, Jennifer G., Sebastian-Azcona, Jaime, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Wei, Xiaojing, Da Ros, Letitia, Ullah, Aziz, Liu, Yang, Benowicz, Andy, Sadoway, Shane, Mansfield, Shawn D., Erbilgin, Nadir, Thomas, Barb R. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2022). Multiple-trait analyses improved the accuracy of genomic prediction and the power of genome-wide association of productivity and climate change-adaptive traits in lodgepole pine. BMC Genomics, 23 (1) 536, 1-20. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08747-7 |
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2022 Journal Article Pest defences under weak selection exert a limited influence on the evolution of height growth and drought avoidance in marginal pine populationsLiu, Yang, Erbilgin, Nadir, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Klutsch, Jennifer G., Wei, Xiaojing, Ullah, Aziz, Cappa, Eduardo Pablo, Chen, Charles, Thomas, Barb R. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2022). Pest defences under weak selection exert a limited influence on the evolution of height growth and drought avoidance in marginal pine populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289 (1982) 20221034, 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1034 |
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2022 Journal Article Improving lodgepole pine genomic evaluation using spatial correlation structure and SNP selection with single-step GBLUPCappa, Eduardo P., Ratcliffe, Blaise, Chen, Charles, Thomas, Barb R., Liu, Yang, Klutsch, Jennifer, Wei, Xiaojing, Azcona, Jaime Sebastian, Benowicz, Andy, Sadoway, Shane, Erbilgin, Nadir and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2022). Improving lodgepole pine genomic evaluation using spatial correlation structure and SNP selection with single-step GBLUP. Heredity, 128 (4), 209-224. doi: 10.1038/s41437-022-00508-2 |
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2022 Journal Article Integrating genomic information and productivity and climate-adaptability traits into a regional white spruce breeding programCappa, Eduardo P., Klutsch, Jennifer G., Sebastian-Azcona, Jaime, Ratcliffe, Blaise, Wei, Xiaojing, Ros, Letitia Da, Liu, Yang, Chen, Charles, Benowicz, Andy, Sadoway, Shane, Mansfield, Shawn D., Erbilgin, Nadir, Thomas, Barb R. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2022). Integrating genomic information and productivity and climate-adaptability traits into a regional white spruce breeding program. PLoS ONE, 17 (3 March) e0264549, 1-28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264549 |
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2021 Journal Article Correction to: Phenotypic plasticity of natural Populus trichocarpa populations in response to temporally environmental change in a common garden (BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2019), 19, 1, (231), 10.1186/s12862-019-1553-6)Liu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2021). Correction to: Phenotypic plasticity of natural Populus trichocarpa populations in response to temporally environmental change in a common garden (BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2019), 19, 1, (231), 10.1186/s12862-019-1553-6). BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21 (1) 155, 155. doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01884-9 |
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2021 Journal Article Transcriptome-wide analysis of introgression-resistant regions reveals genetic divergence genes under positive selection in Populus trichocarpaLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2021). Transcriptome-wide analysis of introgression-resistant regions reveals genetic divergence genes under positive selection in Populus trichocarpa. Heredity, 126 (3), 442-462. doi: 10.1038/s41437-020-00388-4 |
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2020 Journal Article Ecological drivers of plant life-history traits: Assessment of seed mass and germination variation using climate cues and nitrogen resources in conifersLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2020). Ecological drivers of plant life-history traits: Assessment of seed mass and germination variation using climate cues and nitrogen resources in conifers. Ecological Indicators, 117 106517, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106517 |
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2020 Book Chapter Techniques for Small Non-Coding RNA Analysis in Seeds of Forest Tree SpeciesLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2020). Techniques for Small Non-Coding RNA Analysis in Seeds of Forest Tree Species. Plant Epigenetics and Epigenomics: Methods and Protocols. (pp. 217-225) New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0179-2_15 |
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2019 Journal Article Phenotypic plasticity of natural Populus trichocarpa populations in response to temporally environmental change in a common gardenLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2019). Phenotypic plasticity of natural Populus trichocarpa populations in response to temporally environmental change in a common garden. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19 (1) 231, 231. doi: 10.1186/s12862-019-1553-6 |
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2019 Journal Article A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecologyRivkin, L. Ruth, Santangelo, James S., Alberti, Marina, Aronson, Myla F. J., de Keyzer, Charlotte W., Diamond, Sarah E., Fortin, Marie-Josée, Frazee, Lauren J., Gorton, Amanda J., Hendry, Andrew P., Liu, Yang, Losos, Jonathan B., MacIvor, J. Scott, Martin, Ryan A., McDonnell, Mark J., Miles, Lindsay S., Munshi-South, Jason, Ness, Robert W., Newman, Amy E. M., Stothart, Mason R., Theodorou, Panagiotis, Thompson, Ken A., Verrelli, Brian C., Whitehead, Andrew, Winchell, Kristin M. and Johnson, Marc T. J. (2019). A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology. Evolutionary Applications, 12 (3), 384-398. doi: 10.1111/eva.12734 |
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2019 Journal Article Novel insights into plant genome evolution and adaptation as revealed through transposable elements and non-coding RNAs in conifersLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2019). Novel insights into plant genome evolution and adaptation as revealed through transposable elements and non-coding RNAs in conifers. Genes, 10 (3) 228, 228. doi: 10.3390/genes10030228 |
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2018 Journal Article Evapotranspiration and favorable growing degree-days are key to tree height growth and ecosystem functioning: Meta-Analyses of Pacific Northwest historical dataLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2018). Evapotranspiration and favorable growing degree-days are key to tree height growth and ecosystem functioning: Meta-Analyses of Pacific Northwest historical data. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 8228. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26681-1 |
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2017 Book Chapter Roles of the Environment in Plant Life-History Trade-offsLiu, Yang, Walck, Jeffrey L. and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2017). Roles of the Environment in Plant Life-History Trade-offs. Advances in Seed Biology. (pp. 3-24) London, United Kingdom: InTech. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.70312 |
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2017 Journal Article Global Analysis of Small RNA Dynamics during Seed Development of Picea glauca and Arabidopsis thaliana Populations Reveals Insights on their Evolutionary TrajectoriesLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2017). Global Analysis of Small RNA Dynamics during Seed Development of Picea glauca and Arabidopsis thaliana Populations Reveals Insights on their Evolutionary Trajectories. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8 1719. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01719 |
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2017 Journal Article Regulatory crosstalk between microRNAs and hormone signalling cascades controls the variation on seed dormancy phenotype at Arabidopsis thaliana seed setLiu, Yang and El-Kassaby, Yousry A. (2017). Regulatory crosstalk between microRNAs and hormone signalling cascades controls the variation on seed dormancy phenotype at Arabidopsis thaliana seed set. Plant Cell Reports, 36 (5), 705-717. doi: 10.1007/s00299-017-2111-6 |
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2017 Journal Article Impact of temperature shifts on the joint evolution of seed dormancy and sizeLiu, Yang, Barot, Sébastien, El-Kassaby, Yousry A. and Loeuille, Nicolas (2017). Impact of temperature shifts on the joint evolution of seed dormancy and size. Ecology and Evolution, 7 (1), 26-37. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2611 |
