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Genomic insights into divergence and dual domestication of cultivated allotetraploid cottons.
Genome biology - 20 Feb 2017
Fang Lei, Gong Hao, Hu Yan, Liu Chunxiao, Zhou Baoliang, Huang Tao, Wang Yangkun, Chen Shuqi, Fang David D, Du Xiongming, Chen Hong, Chen Jiedan, Wang Sen, Wang Qiong, Wan Qun, Liu Bingliang, Pan Mengqiao, Chang Lijing, Wu Huaitong, Mei Gaofu, Xiang Dan, Li Xinghe, Cai Caiping, Zhu Xiefei, Chen Z Jeffrey, Han Bin, Chen Xiaoya, Guo Wangzhen, Zhang Tianzhen, Huang Xuehui
Abstract excerpt
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 Gossypium barbadense, were domesticated after polyploidization and are cultivated worldwide. Although the overall genetic diversity between these two cultivated species has been studied with limited accessions, their population structure and...
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