Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

T Zhang, Y Hu, W Jiang, L Fang, X Guan, J Chen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement.
Here we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by …

Gene expression in developing fibres of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) was massively altered by domestication

RA Rapp, CH Haigler, L Flagel, RH Hovav, JA Udall… - BMC biology, 2010 - Springer
Background Understanding the evolutionary genetics of modern crop phenotypes has a
dual relevance to evolutionary biology and crop improvement. Modern upland cotton …

Evolutionary Conservation and Divergence of Gene Coexpression Networks in Gossypium (Cotton) Seeds

G Hu, R Hovav, CE Grover… - Genome biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The cotton genus (Gossypium) provides a superior system for the study of diversification,
genome evolution, polyploidization, and human-mediated selection. To gain insight into …

Comparative Evolutionary and Developmental Dynamics of the Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) Fiber Transcriptome

MJ Yoo, JF Wendel - PLoS genetics, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The single-celled cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) fiber provides an excellent model to
investigate how human selection affects phenotypic evolution. To gain insight into the …

Resequencing core accessions of a pedigree identifies derivation of genomic segments and key agronomic trait loci during cotton improvement

X Ma, Z Wang, W Li, Y Zhang, X Zhou… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the world's largest source of natural fibre and
dominates the global textile industry. Hybrid cotton varieties exhibit strong heterosis that …

Reciprocal silencing, transcriptional bias and functional divergence of homeologs in polyploid cotton (Gossypium)

B Chaudhary, L Flagel, RM Stupar, JA Udall… - Genetics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Polyploidy is an important force in the evolution of flowering plants. Genomic merger and
doubling induce an extensive array of genomic effects, including immediate and long-term …

Gene-expression novelty in allopolyploid cotton: a proteomic perspective

G Hu, J Koh, MJ Yoo, S Chen, JF Wendel - Genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Allopolyploidization is accompanied by changes in gene expression that are thought to
contribute to phenotypic diversification. Here we describe global changes in the single …

Evolutionary divergence of duplicated genomes in newly described allotetraploid cottons

R Peng, Y Xu, S Tian, T Unver, Z Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium) species represents a model system for the study of plant
polyploidy, molecular evolution, and domestication. Here, chromosome-scale genome …

Structural variation (SV)-based pan-genome and GWAS reveal the impacts of SVs on the speciation and diversification of allotetraploid cottons

S Jin, Z Han, Y Hu, Z Si, F Dai, L He, Y Cheng, Y Li… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Structural variations (SVs) have long been described as being involved in the origin,
adaption, and domestication of species. However, the underlying genetic and genomic …

Cotton pan-genome retrieves the lost sequences and genes during domestication and selection

J Li, D Yuan, P Wang, Q Wang, M Sun, Z Liu, H Si, Z Xu… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Millennia of directional human selection has reshaped the genomic architecture
of cultivated cotton relative to wild counterparts, but we have limited understanding of the …