Toward allotetraploid cotton genome assembly: integration of a high-density molecular genetic linkage map with DNA sequence information.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cotton is the world's most important natural textile fiber and a significant oilseed crop. Decoding cotton genomes will provide the ultimate reference and resource for research and utilization of the species. Integration of high-density genetic maps with genomic sequence information will largely accelerate the process of whole-genome assembly in cotton.

Results

In this paper, we update a high-density interspecific genetic linkage map of allotetraploid cultivated cotton. An additional 1,167 marker loci have been added to our previously published map of 2,247 loci. Three new marker types, InDel (insertion-deletion) and SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) developed from gene information, and REMAP (retrotransposon-microsatellite amplified polymorphism), were used to

SUBMITTER: Zhao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557173 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature