Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
65(2), P. 548 - 569
Published: Oct. 13, 2022
Abstract
Upland
cotton
is
an
important
global
cash
crop
for
its
long
seed
fibers
and
high
edible
oil
protein
content.
Progress
in
genomics
promotes
the
advancement
of
genetics,
evolutionary
studies,
functional
breeding,
has
ushered
research
breeding
into
a
new
era.
Here,
we
summarize
high‐impact
studies
from
last
10
years.
The
diploid
Gossypium
arboreum
allotetraploid
hirsutum
are
main
focus
most
genetic
genomic
studies.
We
next
review
recent
progress
molecular
biology
which
builds
on
genome
sequencing
efforts,
population
genomics,
to
provide
insights
mechanisms
shaping
abiotic
biotic
stress
tolerance,
plant
architecture,
content,
fiber
development.
also
suggest
application
novel
technologies
strategies
facilitate
genome‐based
breeding.
Explosive
growth
amount
data,
identified
genes,
gene
modules,
pathways
now
enabling
researchers
utilize
multidisciplinary
genomics‐enabled
cultivate
“super
cotton”,
synergistically
improving
multiple
traits.
These
must
rise
meet
urgent
demands
sustainable
industry.
Molecular Plant,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. 678 - 693
Published: Feb. 9, 2023
Structural
variations
(SVs)
have
long
been
described
as
being
involved
in
the
origin,
adaption,
and
domestication
of
species.
However,
underlying
genetic
genomic
mechanisms
are
poorly
understood.
Here,
we
report
a
high-quality
genome
assembly
Gossypium
barbadense
acc.
Tanguis,
landrace
that
is
closely
related
to
formation
extra-long-staple
(ELS)
cultivated
cotton.
An
SV-based
pan-genome
(Pan-SV)
was
then
constructed
using
total
182
593
non-redundant
SVs,
including
2236
inversions,
97
398
insertions,
82
959
deletions
from
11
assembled
genomes
allopolyploid
The
utility
this
Pan-SV
demonstrated
through
population
structure
analysis
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWASs).
Using
segregation
mapping
populations
produced
crossing
ELS
cotton
along
with
an
GWAS,
certain
SVs
responsible
for
speciation,
domestication,
improvement
tetraploid
cottons
were
identified.
Importantly,
some
presently
identified
associated
yield
fiber
quality
had
not
previous
SNP-based
GWAS.
In
particular,
9-bp
insertion
or
deletion
found
associate
elimination
interspecific
reproductive
isolation
between
hirsutum
G.
barbadense.
Collectively,
study
provides
new
insights
into
genome-wide,
gene-scale
linked
important
agronomic
traits
major
crop
species
highlights
importance
during
Nature Genetics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
56(4), P. 710 - 720
Published: March 15, 2024
Abstract
Polyploidy
(genome
duplication)
is
a
pivotal
force
in
evolution.
However,
the
interactions
between
parental
genomes
polyploid
nucleus,
frequently
involving
subgenome
dominance,
are
poorly
understood.
Here
we
showcase
analyses
of
bamboo
system
(Poaceae:
Bambusoideae)
comprising
series
lineages
from
diploid
(herbaceous)
to
tetraploid
and
hexaploid
(woody),
with
11
chromosome-level
de
novo
genome
assemblies
476
transcriptome
samples.
We
find
that
woody
subgenomes
exhibit
stunning
karyotype
stability,
parallel
dominance
two
clades
gradual
shift
clade.
Allopolyploidization
have
shaped
evolution
tree-like
lignified
culms,
rapid
growth
synchronous
flowering
characteristic
bamboos
as
large
grasses.
Our
work
provides
insights
into
remarkable
system,
including
its
dependence
on
genomic
context
ability
switch
which
dominant
over
evolutionary
time.
BMC Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
23(1)
Published: Jan. 10, 2025
Plant
mitochondrial
genomes
(mitogenomes)
exhibit
extensive
structural
variation
yet
extremely
low
nucleotide
mutation
rates,
phenomena
that
remain
only
partially
understood.
The
genus
Gossypium,
a
globally
important
source
of
cotton,
offers
wealth
long-read
sequencing
resources
to
explore
mitogenome
and
plastome
dynamics
accompanying
the
evolutionary
divergence
its
approximately
50
diploid
allopolyploid
species.
Here,
we
assembled
19
mitogenomes
from
Gossypium
species,
representing
all
genome
groups
(diploids
A
through
G,
K,
allopolyploids
AD)
based
on
uniformly
applied
strategy.
graph-based
assembly
method
revealed
more
alternative
conformations
than
previously
recognized,
some
which
confirmed
structure
reported
in
earlier
studies
cotton.
Using
data,
quantified
mediated
by
recombination
events
between
repeats,
phylogenetically
informative
variants
were
noted.
Nucleotide
substitution
rate
comparisons
coding
non-coding
regions
rates
across
entire
mitogenome.
Genome-wide
mapping
nuclear
organellar
DNA
transfers
(NUOTs)
nonrandom
distribution
genome.
In
fate
NUOT
varied,
with
mitochondrion-to-nucleus
transfer
(NUMT)
predominantly
retained
as
short
fragments
genome,
plastid
sequences
integrated
into
nucleus.
Phylogenetic
relationships
inferred
using
different
data
sets
highlighted
distinct
histories
among
these
cellular
compartments,
providing
ancillary
evidence
relevant
history
Gossypium.
comprehensive
analysis
demonstrates
complex
reveals
three
throughout
cotton
genus.
findings
enhance
our
general
understanding
evolution,
comparative
inter-compartment
genomic
integration.
Molecular Plant,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
13(7), P. 1063 - 1077
Published: May 16, 2020
Plant
cell
growth
involves
a
complex
interplay
among
cell-wall
expansion,
biosynthesis,
and,
in
specific
tissues,
secondary
wall
(SCW)
deposition,
yet
the
coordination
of
these
processes
remains
elusive.
Cotton
fiber
cells
are
developmentally
synchronous,
highly
elongated,
and
contain
nearly
pure
cellulose
when
mature.
Here,
we
report
that
transcription
factor
GhTCP4
plays
an
important
role
balancing
cotton
elongation
synthesis.
During
development
expression
miR319
declines
while
transcript
levels
increase,
with
high
latter
promoting
SCW
deposition.
interacts
homeobox-containing
factor,
GhHOX3,
repressing
its
transcriptional
activity.
GhHOX3
function
antagonistically
to
regulate
elongation,
thereby
establishing
temporal
control
transition
stage.
We
found
overexpression
GhTCP4A
upregulated
accelerated
activation
biosynthetic
pathway
cells,
as
revealed
by
transcriptome
promoter
activity
analyses,
resulting
shorter
fibers
varied
lengths
thicker
walls.
In
contrast,
downregulation
led
slightly
longer
thinner
The
GhHOX3-GhTCP4
may
represent
general
mechanism
cellular
plants
since
both
conserved
factors
many
species,
thus
providing
us
potential
molecular
tool
for
design
traits.
Journal of Plant Physiology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
257, P. 153352 - 153352
Published: Dec. 17, 2020
Our
agricultural
systems
are
now
in
urgent
need
to
secure
food
for
a
growing
world
population.
To
meet
this
challenge,
we
better
characterization
of
plant
genetic
and
phenotypic
diversity.
The
combination
genomics,
transcriptomics
metabolomics
enables
deeper
understanding
the
mechanisms
underlying
complex
architecture
many
traits
relevance.
We
review
recent
advances
genomics
see
how
these
can
be
integrated
with
broad
molecular
profiling
approaches
improve
our
variation
inform
crop
breeding
strategies.
Plants,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
10(12), P. 2805 - 2805
Published: Dec. 18, 2021
Over
the
last
eight
years,
volume
of
whole
genome,
gene
expression,
SNP
genotyping,
and
phenotype
data
generated
by
cotton
research
community
has
exponentially
increased.
The
efficient
utilization/re-utilization
these
complex
large
datasets
for
knowledge
discovery,
translation,
application
in
crop
improvement
requires
them
to
be
curated,
integrated
with
other
types
data,
made
available
access
analysis
through
online
search
tools.
Initiated
2012,
CottonGen
is
an
database
providing
peer-reviewed
genomic,
genetic,
breeding
Used
researchers
worldwide,
managed
experts
crop-specific
knowledge,
it
continuous
logical
choice
integrate
new
provide
necessary
interfaces
information
retrieval.
repository
contains
colleague,
gene,
genotype,
germplasm,
map,
marker,
metabolite,
phenotype,
publication,
QTL,
species,
transcriptome,
trait
curated
team.
number
entries
housed
increased
dramatically,
example,
since
2014
there
been
18-fold
increase
genes/mRNAs,
a
23-fold
genomes,
372-fold
genotype
data.
New
tools
include
genetic
map
viewer,
genome
browser,
synteny
metabolite
pathways
sequence
retrieval,
BLAST,
management
system
(BIMS),
as
well
various
pages
types.
serves
home
International
Cotton
Genome
Initiative,
managing
its
elections
serving
communication
coordination
hub
community.
With
extensive
curation
integration
tools,
will
continue
facilitate
utilization
critical
resources
empower
improvement.
Nature Ecology & Evolution,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
5(10), P. 1367 - 1381
Published: Aug. 19, 2021
Abstract
Most
diploid
organisms
have
polyploid
ancestors.
The
evolutionary
process
of
polyploidization
is
poorly
understood
but
has
frequently
been
conjectured
to
involve
some
form
‘genome
shock’,
such
as
genome
reorganization
and
subgenome
expression
dominance.
Here
we
study
in
Arabidopsis
suecica
,
a
post-glacial
allopolyploid
species
formed
via
hybridization
thaliana
arenosa
.
We
generated
chromosome-level
assembly
A.
complemented
it
with
polymorphism
transcriptome
data
from
all
species.
Despite
divergence
around
6
million
years
ago
(Ma)
between
the
ancestral
differences
their
composition,
see
no
evidence
shock:
colinear
genomes;
there
dominance
expression;
transposon
dynamics
appear
stable.
However,
find
changes
suggesting
gradual
adaptation
polyploidy.
In
particular,
shows
upregulation
meiosis-related
genes,
possibly
prevent
aneuploidy
undesirable
homeologous
exchanges
that
are
observed
synthetic
cyto-nuclear
processes,
response
new
cytoplasmic
environment
plastids
maternally
inherited
These
not
seen
hybrids,
thus
likely
represent
subsequent
evolution.
Genome biology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
21(1)
Published: July 22, 2020
Polyploidy
provides
new
genetic
material
that
facilitates
evolutionary
novelty,
species
adaptation,
and
crop
domestication.
often
leads
to
an
increase
in
cell
or
organism
size,
which
may
affect
transcript
abundance
transcriptome
but
the
relationship
between
polyploidy
changes
remains
poorly
understood.
Plant
cells
undergo
endoreduplication,
confounding
polyploid
effect.
The Plant Cell,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
33(5), P. 1430 - 1446
Published: March 13, 2021
Abstract
Polyploidy
or
whole-genome
duplication
(WGD)
is
widespread
in
plants
and
a
key
driver
of
evolution
speciation,
accompanied
by
rapid
dynamic
changes
genomic
structure
gene
expression.
The
3D
the
genome
intricately
linked
to
expression,
but
its
role
transcription
regulation
following
polyploidy
domestication
remains
unclear.
Here,
we
generated
high-resolution
(∼2
kb)
Hi-C
maps
for
cultivated
soybean
(Glycine
max),
wild
soja),
common
bean
(Phaseolus
vulgaris).
We
found
polyploidization
may
induce
architecture
topologically
associating
domains
subsequent
diploidization
led
chromatin
topology
alteration
around
chromosome-rearrangement
sites.
Compared
with
single-copy
small-scale
duplicated
genes,
WGD
genes
displayed
more
long-range
chromosomal
interactions
were
coupled
higher
levels
expression
accessibilities
void
DNA
methylation.
Interestingly,
loop
reorganization
was
involved
divergence
during
domestication.
Genes
loops
under
stronger
artificial
selection
than
without
loops.
These
findings
provide
insights
into
roles
structures
on
polyploidization,
diploidization,
soybean.