Victoria L. Sork

The paper investigates whether canopy traits reveal climate-associated genetic differentiation in Quercus lobata by analyzing drone-based remote sensing data from a common garden.

The study investigates DNA methylation's role in Lamarckian inheritance in California oaks, finding environmental induction and gene expression associations but not stable transmission across generations.

This study examines how the climate of origin constrains phenological tracking of temperature in Quercus lobata, finding that cooler-origin trees are less able to adjust their leaf emergence timing to new conditions.

Repeated drought in valley oak seedlings induced CHH hypermethylation recurring at the same gene-proximal transposable elements, associated with elevated yet methylation-attenuated expression of nearby genes.

The paper shows that valley oak trees are maladapted to current temperatures, with performance declining under hotter conditions, and suggests phenotype-informed seed sourcing improves future performance.

This study identifies high constitutive expression of drought-responsive genes in a drought-tolerant oak, alongside limited plasticity in response to dehydration.

The paper examines gene expression patterns in California oak species to determine if drought tolerance is linked to constitutive expression or plasticity, finding constitutive expression is associated with drought tolerance.

This study shows that maladaptation in valley oak increases with age and is worsened by hotter years, but seed transfer can help mitigate these effects.

This study shows valley oak trees from hotter climates have higher growth and fitness in gardens, indicating maladaptation to current conditions and a potential risk from climate warming.

This study compares conservation strategies for Island Oak using genomic data to predict climate suitability and assess maladaptation risks under different management approaches.

This study presents a high-quality genome and methylome analysis of Quercus lobata, identifying genomic features linked to oak evolutionary success, including gene duplications and methylation patterns.