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Unraveling the fabric of polyploidy

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Draft genome sequences of tetraploid Upland cotton and other polyploids promise insights into genome evolution and cotton fiber biology.

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Figure 1: Evolution of tetraploid cotton.

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Paterson, A., Wendel, J. Unraveling the fabric of polyploidy. Nat Biotechnol 33, 491–493 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3217

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