Project description:We explored the transcriptomic alterations associated with domestication by interrogating a developmental time course of cotton fibers from the wild G. hirsutum var. yucatanense and a representative of an elite domesticated line.
Project description:We explored the transcriptomic alterations associated with domestication by interrogating a developmental time course of cotton fibers from the wild G. hirsutum var. yucatanense and a representative of an elite domesticated line. 30 chip design - including 2 species (wild and domesticated cotton), by 1 tissue (fiber), for 5 timepoints (2,7,10,20, and 25 days after anthesis), with 3 replicates per timepoint
Project description:We conduct a genome-wide analysis of the DNA sequences associated with CenH3 using chromatin immunoprecipitation to map the position of centromere regions.
Project description:In order to study gene expression at the genomic level during elongation and secondary cell wall synthesis of upland cotton fiber, oligonucleotide microarrays were employed. RNA was isolated from fibers in 7 different time points beginning prior to peak fiber expansion, continuing through termination of fiber expansion and ending at peak cellulose synthesis (5, 8, 10, 14, 17, 21, and 24dpa). The arrays contained ~25,000 oligonucleotides representing ~12,200 genes designed from a fiber EST database during peak cell expansion. Dynamic changes in gene expression were analyzed in a developmental context to identify stage-specific biological processes and pathways likely to be crucial to cell polar elongation or cellulose biosynthesis and secondary cell wall biogenesis. Genes with significant changes in expression relative to any preceding time point were identified (moderated t-statistics, adjusted p-value <0.05) for each developmental time point with an expected false discovery rate for multiple testing <5%
