What do we know about the cotton genome so far
Not much, compared to Arabidopsis and rice, and even maize; but we have much more resources compared to other crop species like melon or banana. If you ask me, i think cotton genome research has not get as much attention as it deserves. Genetic mapping for the whole genome has been done for the AD, A and D genome cotton species. This is mainly contributed by four different resources: the PGML (Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, UGA), USDA-ARS, Nanjing Acriculture University in China, and a French group under Dr. JM Lacape. Physical mapping of tetraploid cotton is been approached by USDA-ARS in colaboration with Hongbin Zhang's lab in TAMU, and for the diploid D genome cotton, in PGML by Dr. Andrew Paterson and me. You can find information about the D genome physical map here . BAC libraries resources and ESTs databases are also quite abundant, for the A, D and AD genome that is. Sadly, for other genomes, relatively less is known. Much research about the evolution of genome siz
