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Natural hybridization between Gossypium mustelinum and exotic allotetraploid cotton species

Published: October 30, 2015
Genet. Mol. Res. 14 (4) : 14177-14180 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/2015.October.29.40
Cite this Article:
I.P.P. de Menezes, J.O. da Silva, G. Malafaia, R.D.D. Silveira, P.A.V. Barroso (2015). Natural hybridization between Gossypium mustelinum and exotic allotetraploid cotton species. Genet. Mol. Res. 14(4): 14177-14180. https://doi.org/10.4238/2015.October.29.40
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Abstract

Cotton has been collected in Brazil for decades for its conservation, evaluation, and the use of its genetic resources. Gossypium mustelinum is an allotetraploid cotton species that only occurs in Brazil, and little is known about its genetic potential for improvement. However, the species is threatened by habitat fragmentation and interspecific hybridization with exotic species of cotton. In this study, we investigated the rate of natural hybridization in two populations of G. mustelinum in Bahia, Brazil, with G. hirsutum and G. barbadense using a set of microsatellite markers.

Cotton has been collected in Brazil for decades for its conservation, evaluation, and the use of its genetic resources. Gossypium mustelinum is an allotetraploid cotton species that only occurs in Brazil, and little is known about its genetic potential for improvement. However, the species is threatened by habitat fragmentation and interspecific hybridization with exotic species of cotton. In this study, we investigated the rate of natural hybridization in two populations of G. mustelinum in Bahia, Brazil, with G. hirsutum and G. barbadense using a set of microsatellite markers.