Fiber quality is an important economic index and a major breeding goal in cotton, but direct
phenotypic selection is often hindered due to environmental influences and linkage with …

Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber cells arising from the seed epidermis are considered
the most important agricultural textile commodity in the world. Approximately 2 mo of …

Understanding the relationship between domesticated crop species and their wild relatives
is paramount to germplasm maintenance and the utilization of wild relatives in breeding …

As high-strength cotton fibers are critical components of high quality cotton, developing
cotton cultivars with high-strength fibers as well as high yield is a top priority for cotton …

Background Cotton has been cultivated and used to make fabrics for at least 7000 years.
Two allotetraploid species of great commercial importance, Gossypium hirsutum and …

Premise A complicating factor in analyzing allopolyploid genomes is the possibility of
physical interactions between homoeologous chromosomes during meiosis, resulting in …

Background Polyploidy has played a prominent role in shaping the genomic architecture of
the angiosperms. Through allopolyploidization, several modern Gossypium (cotton) species …

We present an overview of the cotton genus (Gossypium) as a model for the study of
polyploidy. A synopsis of the origin and evolution of polyploid cotton is provided, offering an …

Gossypium hirsutum has proven difficult to sequence owing to its complex allotetraploid
(AtDt) genome. Here we produce a draft genome using 181-fold paired-end sequences …

The two cultivated allopolyploid cottons, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense,
represent a remarkable example of parallel independent domestication, both involving …