Background Cotton supplies a great majority of natural fiber for the global textile industry.
The negative correlation between yield and fiber quality has hindered breeders' ability to …

Abstract Background Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are a key antioxidant enzyme family,
which have been implicated in protecting plants against the toxic effects of reactive oxygen …

Cis and trans regulatory divergence underlies phenotypic and evolutionary diversification.
Relatively little is understood about the complexity of regulatory evolution accompanying …

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 …

Plants exhibit an extraordinary range of genome sizes, varying by> 2000‐fold between the
smallest and largest recorded values. In the absence of polyploidy, changes in the amount …

Background The allotetraploid cotton originated from one hybridization event between an
extant progenitor of Gosssypium herbaceum (A 1) or G. arboreum (A 2) and another …

Background Dehydration responsive element-binding (DREB) transcription factors are
widely present in plants, and involve in signalling transduction, plant growth and …

Mainly due to their economic importance, genomes of 10 legumes, including soybean
(Glycine max), wild peanut (Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis), and barrel medic …

The diploid wild cotton species Gossypium australe possesses excellent traits including
resistance to disease and delayed gland morphogenesis, and has been successfully used …

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer,
and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding …