Multi-tissue Transcriptomic and Pan-genomic Analyses Reveal Reciprocal Selective Retention Drives the Phenotypic Trade-off in Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense
Yifan Xu, Zaoyang Gong, Qinglin Shen, Rongzheng Zhao, Chuankang Cheng, Yibing Li, Wanting Su, Fengyun Li, Xingrui Yang, Xin Ruan, Kai Guo, Dajun Liu, Xueying Liu, Zhonghua Teng, Fang Liu, , Dexin Liu
This study identifies reciprocal selective retention of transcription factors in Upland and Sea Island cotton, explaining the yield-quality trade-off through genomic and transcriptomic analyses.
bioRxiv · Jan 24, 2026 · PreprintGenomics