Overview
We have made the world's most detailed molecular map of the cotton genome, and
have applied the map to gain a better understanding of many traits important to
domestication and improvement of CottonFiber. Some of our present activities include:
- Building a physical map of cotton that is suitable as a framework for
sequencing the cotton genome (see PGML Cotton Genome Database
site).
- Better understanding how genetic diversity is arranged in the cotton genome,
and how different measures of diversity are interrelated.
- Partnering with breeders to bring new diversity into the cotton gene pool
from wild relatives, taking advantage of natures solutions to many problems that
face cotton producers.
- Better understanding the role of polyploidy in the evolution of productive
crops.
Microarrays
