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About the Authors:
Ramesh Buyyarapu
* E-mail: [email protected]
Current address: Trait Genetics & Technologies, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University, Normal, Alabama, United States of America
Ramesh V. Kantety
Affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University, Normal, Alabama, United States of America
John Z. Yu
Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Crop Germplasm Research Unit, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Zhanyou Xu
Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Crop Germplasm Research Unit, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Russell J. Kohel
Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Crop Germplasm Research Unit, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Richard G. Percy
Affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Crop Germplasm Research Unit, College Station, Texas, United States of America
Simone Macmil
Affiliation: Gene Structure and Function Laboratory, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Graham B. Wiley
Affiliation: Arthritis & Immunology Department, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Bruce A. Roe
Affiliation: Advanced Center for Genome Technology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
Govind C. Sharma
Affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University, Normal, Alabama, United States of America
Introduction
Cotton is one of the most important fiber and oil seed crops and it contributes ~ $500 billion/yr. to world’s economy [1]. The ‘Gossypium’ genus consists of nearly 50 different cotton species including five allotetraploids (AtDt) and other diploids. Cotton fiber has been studied widely to understand the cell elongation and cellulose synthesis. The need to understand the genome organization, complexity and evolution of cotton has provided an impetus to sequencing efforts, which have gained momentum in recent years. Decoding cotton genomes continues to be a quest for understanding of the functional and agronomic significance of ploidy and genome size variation within the Gossypium genus [1]. However, choosing a cost-effective sequencing...