Meiosis halves diploid chromosome numbers to haploid levels that are essential for sexual
reproduction in most eukaryotes. Meiotic recombination ensures the formation of bivalents …

Background Cotton is the dominant source of natural textile fibre and a significant oil crop.
Cotton fibres, produced by certain species in the genus Gossypium, are seed trichomes …

The ancestors of Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium herbaceum provided the A
subgenome for the modern cultivated allotetraploid cotton. Here, we upgraded the G …

Multiple cotton genomes (diploid and tetraploid) have been assembled. However, genomic
variations between cultivars of allotetraploid upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), the …

We have sequenced and assembled a draft genome of G. raimondii, whose progenitor is the
putative contributor of the D subgenome to the economically important fiber-producing …

Despite rapidly decreasing costs and innovative technologies, sequencing of angiosperm
genomes is not yet undertaken lightly. Generating larger amounts of sequence data more …

High-throughput genotyping arrays provide a standardized resource for plant breeding
communities that are useful for a breadth of applications including high-density genetic …

Despite the intensive management practices available to modern agriculture, drought and
salinity are still major constraints on crop production and food security. Yield losses to …

Meiosis is essential for the fertility of most eukaryotes and its structures and progression are
conserved across kingdoms. Yet many of its core proteins show evidence of rapid or …

Sex, as well as meiotic recombination between homologous chromosomes, is nearly
ubiquitous among eukaryotes. In those species that use it, recombination is important for …