| Journal |
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Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry |
| Title |
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Cotton Genomics |
| Authors |
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Paterson AH |
| Volume and Page |
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65: 45-63 |
| Year |
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2010 |
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Abstract
Abstract
Cotton has a very narrow gene pool resulting from its evolutionary history, domestication, and modern crop improvement practices. As a nonfood crop subject to many pests and diseases, cotton was among the first beneficiaries of genetic engineering, broadening its gene pool with genes from other organisms. Accelerating progress in cotton genomics promises to increase knowledge, and utilization, of the intrinsic genetic potential of the cotton genus. With about 50 species in the Gossypium genus, cotton enjoys large primary, secondary, and tertiary gene pools from which valuable new alleles might be drawn, and these have been underutilized.
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