Genomic insights into divergence and dual domestication of cultivated allotetraploid cottons

L Fang, H Gong, Y Hu, C Liu, B Zhou, T Huang… - Genome Biology, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Ancestral grass karyotype reconstruction unravels new mechanisms of genome shuffling as a source of plant evolution

F Murat, JH Xu, E Tannier, M Abrouk, N Guilhot… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
The comparison of the chromosome numbers of today's species with common reconstructed
paleo-ancestors has led to intense speculation of how chromosomes have been rearranged …

Origin, inheritance, and gene regulatory consequences of genome dominance in polyploids

MR Woodhouse, F Cheng, JC Pires… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Whole-genome duplications happen repeatedly in a typical flowering plant lineage.
Following most ancient tetraploidies, the two subgenomes are distinguishable because one …

[PDF][PDF] Distinct expression and methylation patterns for genes with different fates following a single whole-genome duplication in flowering plants

T Shi, RS Rahmani, PF Gugger, M Wang… - Molecular Biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
For most sequenced flowering plants, multiple whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are
found. Duplicated genes following WGD often have different fates that can quickly disappear …

Phylogenetic determination of the pace of transposable element proliferation in plants: copia and LINE-like elements in Gossypium

JS Hawkins, G Hu, RA Rapp, JL Grafenberg… - …, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
Transposable elements contribute significantly to plant genome evolution in myriad ways,
ranging from local insertional mutations to global effects exerted on genome size through …

Two evolutionarily distinct classes of paleopolyploidy

O Garsmeur, JC Schnable, A Almeida… - Molecular biology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Whole genome duplications (WGDs) occurred in the distant evolutionary history of many
lineages and are particularly frequent in the flowering plant lineages. Following …

The impact of polyploidy on grass genome evolution

AA Levy, M Feldman - Plant physiology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Polyploidy is an evolutionary process whereby two or more genomes are brought together
into the same nucleus, usually by hybridization followed by chromosome doubling. As a …

Comparative genomic de‐convolution of the cotton genome revealed a decaploid ancestor and widespread chromosomal fractionation

X Wang, H Guo, J Wang, T Lei, T Liu, Z Wang… - new …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The 'apparently'simple genomes of many angiosperms mask complex evolutionary histories.
The reference genome sequence for cotton (Gossypium spp.) revealed a ploidy change of a …

Plant genome size variation: bloating and purging DNA

TP Michael - Briefings in functional genomics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Plant genome size variation is a dynamic process of bloating and purging DNA. While it was
thought plants were on a path to obesity through continual DNA bloating, recent research …

Epigenomic and functional analyses reveal roles of epialleles in the loss of photoperiod sensitivity during domestication of allotetraploid cottons

Q Song, T Zhang, DM Stelly, ZJ Chen - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Polyploidy is a pervasive evolutionary feature of all flowering plants and some
animals, leading to genetic and epigenetic changes that affect gene expression and …