[HTML][HTML] Insights into drought stress signaling in plants and the molecular genetic basis of cotton drought tolerance

T Mahmood, S Khalid, M Abdullah, Z Ahmed… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drought stress restricts plant growth and development by altering metabolic activity and
biological functions. However, plants have evolved several cellular and molecular …

Crop genome‐wide association study: a harvest of biological relevance

HJ Liu, J Yan - The Plant Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With the advent of rapid genotyping and next‐generation sequencing technologies, genome‐
wide association study (GWAS) has become a routine strategy for decoding genotype …

[HTML][HTML] Reference genome sequences of two cultivated allotetraploid cottons, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense

M Wang, L Tu, D Yuan, D Zhu, C Shen, J Li, F Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Allotetraploid cotton species (Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense) have long
been cultivated worldwide for natural renewable textile fibers. The draft genome sequences …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome resequencing reveals Brassica napus origin and genetic loci involved in its improvement

K Lu, L Wei, X Li, Y Wang, J Wu, M Liu, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Brassica napus (2 n= 4 x= 38, AACC) is an important allopolyploid crop derived
from interspecific crosses between Brassica rapa (2 n= 2 x= 20, AA) and Brassica oleracea …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations in upland cotton cultivars

Z Yang, X Ge, Z Yang, W Qin, G Sun, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Multiple cotton genomes (diploid and tetraploid) have been assembled. However, genomic
variations between cultivars of allotetraploid upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring and exploiting pan-genomics for crop improvement

Y Tao, X Zhao, E Mace, R Henry, D Jordan - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Genetic variation ranging from single-nucleotide polymorphisms to large structural variants
(SVs) can cause variation of gene content among individuals within the same species. There …

[HTML][HTML] The allotetraploid origin and asymmetrical genome evolution of the common carp Cyprinus carpio

P Xu, J Xu, G Liu, L Chen, Z Zhou, W Peng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is an allotetraploid species derived from recent whole
genome duplication and provides a model to study polyploid genome evolution in …

Whole genome sequencing reveals rare off‐target mutations and considerable inherent genetic or/and somaclonal variations in CRISPR/Cas9‐edited cotton plants

J Li, H Manghwar, L Sun, P Wang… - Plant biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has been extensively applied for crop improvement. However,
our understanding of Cas9 specificity is very limited in Cas9‐edited plants. To identify on …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analyses of an extensive collection of wild and cultivated accessions provide new insights into peach breeding history

Y Li, KE Cao, G Zhu, W Fang, C Chen, X Wang, P Zhao… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Human selection has a long history of transforming crop genomes. Peach
(Prunus persica) has undergone more than 5000 years of domestication that led to …

Updates on molecular mechanisms in the development of branched trichome in Arabidopsis and nonbranched in cotton

Z Wang, Z Yang, F Li - Plant biotechnology journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Trichomes are specialized epidermal cells and a vital plant organ that protect plants from
various harms and provide valuable resources for plant development and use. Some key …