Chinese Scientists Crack Genome of Tree Cotton
May 21, 2014| |
Scientists from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Beijing Genomics Institute successfully decoded the genome sequence of tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum). The details of the sequence are published in Nature Genetics.
After the successfully sequencing wild cotton G. raimondii in 2012, researchers started the work on deciphering the genome of G. arboreum. They used whole-genome shotgun approach, yielding a draft cotton genome with the size of 1,694 Mb. About 90.4% of the G. arboretum assembled scaffolds were anchored and oriented on 13 pseudochromosomes.
According to the researchers, the genome sequence will be an important reference for the assembly of tetraploid cotton genomes and for evolutionary studies of Gossypium species. It also provides an essential tool for the identification, isolation, and manipulation of important cotton genes involved in agronomic traits through molecular breeding and genetic improvement.
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