Polyploidy, or whole genome multiplication, is ubiquitous among angiosperms. Many crop
species are relatively recent allopolyploids, resulting from interspecific hybridization and …

Polyploidy, the condition of possessing more than 2 complete chromosome sets in the same
nucleus, is frequent in nature and has implications for a species' prospects for evolution …

Polyploidy often confers emergent properties, such as the higher fibre productivity and
quality of tetraploid cottons than diploid cottons bred for the same environments. Here we …

We present an overview of the taxonomy of Gossypium L.(the cotton genus) and its
evolutionary history. Gossypium contains more than 50 recognized species, including …

Allopolyploidy is an evolutionary and mechanistically intriguing process, in that it entails the
reconciliation of two or more sets of diverged genomes and regulatory interactions. In this …

Gossypium hirsutum contributes the most production of cotton fibre, but G. barbadense is
valued for its better comprehensive resistance and superior fibre properties. However, the …

The glaucous appearance of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare)
plants, that is the light bluish-gray look of flag leaf, stem, and spike surfaces, results from …

Plants flower in response to many varied cues, such as temperature, photoperiod, and age.
The floral transition of Cardamine flexuosa, a herbaceous biennial-to-perennial plant …

A narrow germplasm base and a complex allotetraploid genome have made the discovery of
single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers difficult in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). To …

Ensuring faithful homologous recombination in allopolyploids is essential to maintain
optimal fertility of the species. Variation in the ability to control aberrant pairing between …