Recent advances and future perspectives in cotton research

G Huang, JQ Huang, XY Chen… - Annual review of plant …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Cotton is not only the world's most important natural fiber crop, but it is also an ideal system
in which to study genome evolution, polyploidization, and cell elongation. With the assembly …

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 …

Genomic diversifications of five Gossypium allopolyploid species and their impact on cotton improvement

ZJ Chen, A Sreedasyam, A Ando, Q Song… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Polyploidy is an evolutionary innovation for many animals and all flowering plants, but its
impact on selection and domestication remains elusive. Here we analyze genome evolution …

Genome sequence of Gossypium herbaceum and genome updates of Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium hirsutum provide insights into cotton A-genome …

G Huang, Z Wu, RG Percy, M Bai, Y Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Upon assembling the first Gossypium herbaceum (A1) genome and substantially improving
the existing Gossypium arboreum (A2) and Gossypium hirsutum ((AD) 1) genomes, we …

Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum genomes provide insights into the origin and evolution of allotetraploid cotton

Y Hu, J Chen, L Fang, Z Zhang, W Ma, Y Niu, L Ju… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Allotetraploid cotton is an economically important natural-fiber-producing crop worldwide.
After polyploidization, Gossypium hirsutum L. evolved to produce a higher fiber yield and to …

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 …

Assembly of allele-aware, chromosomal-scale autopolyploid genomes based on Hi-C data

X Zhang, S Zhang, Q Zhao, R Ming, H Tang - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Construction of chromosome-level assembly is a vital step in achieving the goal of a
'Platinum'genome, but it remains a major challenge to assemble and anchor sequences to …

Resequencing of 243 diploid cotton accessions based on an updated A genome identifies the genetic basis of key agronomic traits

X Du, G Huang, S He, Z Yang, G Sun, X Ma, N Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The ancestors of Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium herbaceum provided the A
subgenome for the modern cultivated allotetraploid cotton. Here, we upgraded the G …

Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

Sequencing of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1) provides a resource for fiber improvement

T Zhang, Y Hu, W Jiang, L Fang, X Guan, J Chen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement.
Here we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by …