Wenpan Zhang

TL;DR: Genomic signatures of selection and domestication are associated with positively selected genes (PSGs) for fiber improvement in the A subgenome and for stress tolerance in the D subgenomes, suggesting asymmetric evolution.

TL;DR: The genotype-by-sequencing method used to identify millions of SNPs between G. hirsutum and G. raimondii is reported, and the centromeric retro-element sequence of tetraploid cotton derived from the D subgenome progenitor might have invaded the A sub genome centromeres after allotetrapolyploid formation.

TL;DR: Comprehensive analyses of integrated cytogenetic and linkage maps of homoeologous chromosomes 12A and 12D in allotetraploid cotton using fluorescence in situ hybridization and a large number of bacterial artificial chromosomes that were anchored by simple sequence repeat markers in the corresponding linkage maps are reported.

TL;DR: A genome-wide analysis of the DNA sequences associated with CenH3 using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing method suggests an autopolyploid genome identity of S. spontaneum with a high level of homology among its eight sub-genomes.

TL;DR: The development and application of fiber-FISH technique will facilitate high-resolution physical mapping and further directed sequencing projects for cotton, and it was revealed that both telomere and 5S rDNA were methylated at different levels.