title: Natural hybridization between Gossypium mustelinum and exotic allotetraploid cotton species.
abstract: Cotton has been collected in Brazil for decades for its conservation, evaluation, and the use of its genetic resources. Gossypium mustelinum is an allotetraploid cotton species that only occurs in Brazil, and little is known about its genetic potential for improvement. However, the species is threatened by habitat fragmentation and interspecific hybridization with exotic species of cotton. In this study, we investigated the rate of natural hybridization in two populations of G. mustelinum in Bahia, Brazil, with G. hirsutum and G. barbadense using a set of microsatellite markers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: I P P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malafaia
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Molecular, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: R D D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: P A V
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Barroso
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001938:Brazil; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D003368:Gossypium / Q000235:genetics*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D057891:Tetraploidy