Brassica napus (rapeseed) is a young allopolyploid species, formed from the union between
progenitor species B. rapa (2 n= AA) and B. oleracea (2 n= CC) less than 7500 years ago …

Background The most widely cultivated cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L., AD-genome) is
derived from tetraploidization between A-and D-genome species. G. arboreum L.(A …

Rapid progress in genomic research and the development of genome-wide molecular
markers for various crops significantly improved our knowledge on plant domestication and …

Gossypium (cotton) has been developed as a particularly useful system for examining how
gene expression patterns and levels change after polyploidy. Recent studies have provided …

Cellulose synthase (CESA) synthesizes cellulose for plant cell walls and determines plant
morphology and biomass amount. The recently sequenced cotton genomes of two diploid …

To facilitate cotton functional genomics studies and identify cotton genes mediating biotic
and abiotic stress responses, we report here a detailed protocol of construction of a VIGS …

Polyploidization via whole-genome duplications (WGD) is a common phenomenon in
organisms. However, investigations into this phenomenon differ greatly between plants and …

Due to the advanced sequencing technologies, breeders and researchers can use DNA
markers to characterize various plants' genetic diversity, kinship, and population structures …

Background Ongoing molecular processes in a cell could target microsatellites, a kind of
repetitive DNA, owing to length variations and motif imperfection. Mutational mechanisms …

Cotton (Gossypium) is a fiber-producing oil seed crop with significant economic and
scientific importance in natural textile fiber and edible oil industries. Cotton is an ideal crop …