Unlocking trees' natural genetic variation
We aim to unlock the potential of natural genetic variation in different forest tree species for more productive and sustainable forest ecosystems.
We are part of the Genome Research lab at the Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics in Grosshansdorf, Germany.
With the aid of population genomics, RNA-sequencing and genotype-phenotype and genotype-environment associations, we study different traits, such as the regulation of sexual development in the Salicaceae family, the response of ash to the fungal disease ash dieback or local adaptation of European beech. Learn more about our research projects
Niels A. Müller
Annika Eikhof
Cornelia Geßner
Melina Krautwurst
Selected papers
Müller NA et al. 2020. A single gene underlies the dynamic evolution of poplar sex determination. Nature Plants. link
Müller NA et al. 2018. Mutations in EID1 and LNK2 caused light-conditional clock deceleration during tomato domestication. PNAS. link
Müller NA et al. 2016. Domestication selected for deceleration of the circadian clock in cultivated tomato. Nature Genetics. link
Where to find us
Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Sieker Landstrasse 2, 22927 Grosshansdorf, Germany. Email: niels.mueller@thuenen.de
View of our institute's 110-year-old arboretum from the office