Four genome assemblies of new wild Gossypium hirsutum accessions from the Yucatan Peninsula, the center of domestication
Corrinne E. Grover, Mark A. Arick, Weixuan Ning, Aya H Bridgeland, John Z Yu, Sheron A Simpson, Monica Wood, Ramey C Youngblood, Amanda M Hulse-Kemp, Jonathan F Wendel, Daniel G Peterson, Joshua A Udall
The paper reports four new chromosome-level genome assemblies of wild Gossypium hirsutum from Yucatan, highlighting their genetic diversity and potential for improving cotton resistance traits.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2026 · PreprintGenomics