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Sampling nucleotide diversity in cotton.
BMC plant biology - 20 Oct 2009
Van Deynze Allen, Stoffel Kevin, Lee Mike, Wilkins Thea A, Kozik Alexander, Cantrell Roy G, Yu John Z, Kohel Russel J, Stelly David M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cultivated cotton is an annual fiber crop derived mainly from two perennial species, Gossypium hirsutum L. or upland cotton, and G. barbadense L., extra long-staple fiber Pima or Egyptian cotton. These two cultivated species are among five allotetraploid species presumably derived monophyletically between G. arboreum and G. raimondii. Genomic-based approaches have been hindered by the limited...
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