Jianying Li

TL;DR: Improved genome assemblies of allotetraploid cotton species Gossypium hirsutum and GOSSypium barbadense provide insights into cotton evolution and inform the construction of introgression lines used to identify loci associated with fiber quality.

TL;DR: A variation map for 352 wild and domesticated cotton accessions is described and evidence showing asymmetric subgenome domestication for directional selection of long fibers is provided, providing new insights into the evolution of gene organization, regulation and adaptation in a major crop.

TL;DR: It is suggested that CRISPR/Cas9 system is highly specific for cotton plants, which suggested great care should be taken to design sgRNA for the minimizing of off‐target effect.

TL;DR: It is revealed that AS allows differential regulation of the same gene by miRNAs at the isoform level and that nucleosome occupancy and DNA methylation play a role in defining exons at the chromatin level.

TL;DR: 3D genome architectures for diploid and tetraploid cotton are characterized and the existence of A/B compartments and topologically associated domains (TADs) are found, showing how allopolyploidization affects 3D genome architecture and transcriptional regulation.