Extensive Intraspecific Gene Order and Gene Structural Variations in Upland Cotton Cultivars

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Jul 7

PMID 31278252

Citations 91

Authors

Zhaoen Yang

Xiaoyang Ge

Zuoren Yang

Wenqiang Qin

Gaofei Sun

Zhi Wang

Zhi Li

Ji Liu

Jie Wu

Ye Wang

LiLi Lu

Peng Wang

Huijuan Mo

Xueyan Zhang

Fuguang Li

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Abstract

Multiple cotton genomes (diploid and tetraploid) have been assembled. However, genomic variations between cultivars of allotetraploid upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), the most widely planted cotton species in the world, remain unexplored. Here, we use single-molecule long read and Hi-C sequencing technologies to assemble genomes of the two upland cotton cultivars TM-1 and zhongmiansuo24 (ZM24). Comparisons among TM-1 and ZM24 assemblies and the genomes of the diploid ancestors reveal a large amount of genetic variations. Among them, the top three longest structural variations are located on chromosome A08 of the tetraploid upland cotton, which account for ~30% total length of this chromosome. Haplotype analyses of the mapping population derived from these two cultivars and the germplasm panel show suppressed recombination rates in this region. This study provides additional genomic resources for the community, and the identified genetic variations, especially the reduced meiotic recombination on chromosome A08, will help future breeding.

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