Acer VanWallendael

The paper identifies mechanisms of local adaptation in cheatgrass invasion, showing multiple introductions and gene flow contributed to its success in North America.

This study identifies large structural variants as drivers of parallel adaptation in Trifolium repens during global invasion.

The paper examines local adaptation between switchgrass and its rust pathogen across North America, finding that both host and parasite can be locally adapted despite varying genetic loci associated with rust severity.

The paper evaluates Mash, an alignment-free method, for estimating genetic distance in polyploid genomes, finding it accurate and faster than alignment-based methods, though with potential bias from read depth.

The paper identifies geographic variation in the genetic basis of rust resistance in switchgrass, finding two large-effect QTLs and epistatic interactions that vary with location.