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Athena D. McKown

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0002-7402-9952Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Geographic and Climatic Origins Shape the Leaf Metabolome of Populus trichocarpa

Moritz Popp, Sol Yepes-Vivas, Ina Zimmer, Athena D. McKown, Charles A. Hefer, Basem Kanawati, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Shawn D. Mansfield, Sybiille B Unsicker, Jürgen Ehlting, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler

This study shows that leaf metabolomes of Populus trichocarpa retain geographic and climatic origin signatures under common-garden conditions, with coordinated flavonoid and isoprenoid variation.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology