Genetic diversity within a tree and alternative indexes for different evolutionary effects

Yoh Iwasa, Sou Tomimoto, Akiko Satake · 2024

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Yoh Iwasa, Sou Tomimoto, and Akiko Satake ask in 2024 how to measure gene variety inside a single tree. Trees live for centuries and gain small gene changes as they grow. Branches can thus differ from each other, and seeds may carry those changes to the next crop of trees.

The authors weigh three ways to score that inner variety. Each score suits a unlike question, from rivalry among seedlings to fights with pests. Picking the right score matters, they argue, because one number cannot show all the effects. Their guide helps forest scientists match the score to the job at hand.

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CREATORYoh Iwasa, Sou Tomimoto, Akiko Satake
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE44 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11706689

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