The Mating System of the Wild-to-Domesticated Complex of Gossypium hirsutum L. Is Mixed.

ABSTRACT: The domestication syndrome of many plants includes changes in their mating systems. The evolution of the latter is shaped by ecological and genetic factors that are particular to an area. Thus, the reproductive biology of wild relatives must be studied in their natural distribution to understand the mating system of a crop species as a whole. Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) includes both domesticated varieties and wild populations of the same species. Most studies on mating systems describe cultivated cotton as self-pollinated, while studies on pollen dispersal report outcrossing; however, the mating system of upland cotton has not been described as mixed and little is known about its wild relatives. In this study we selected two wild metapopulations for comparison with domestica

SUBMITTER: Velazquez-Lopez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954804 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature