Communications Biology (Jan 2022)

Genomic interrogation of a MAGIC population highlights genetic factors controlling fiber quality traits in cotton

  • Maojun Wang,
  • Zhengyang Qi,
  • Gregory N. Thyssen,
  • Marina Naoumkina,
  • Johnie N. Jenkins,
  • Jack C. McCarty,
  • Yingjie Xiao,
  • Jianying Li,
  • Xianlong Zhang,
  • David D. Fang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03022-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Wang and colleagues use a complementary GWAS approach to identify genetic loci associated with cotton fiber quality. Using a multiparent advanced-generation inter-cross population, 26 new QTLs related to cotton fiber quality were found.