Genome-wide association studies in forestry

Affiliations

¹ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P. R. China.
³ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China. lipeng0706@sdau.edu.cn.
⁴ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China. sangyl@sdau.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

Review

Xiangrun Meng et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 26;52(1):848.

doi: 10.1007/s11033-025-10952-y.

¹ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P. R. China.
³ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China. lipeng0706@sdau.edu.cn.
⁴ State Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Silviculture in downstream areas of the Yellow River, College of Forestry, ShandongAgricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China. sangyl@sdau.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Forest trees; Genome-wide association study (GWAS); Missing heritability; Molecular breeding; Quantitative trait loci (QTL).

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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