Cotton genome sequenced by computer scientists.

Computer scientists at DePaul University have reconstructed one of the most complete genomes of a top cotton species, African domesticated Gossypium herbaceum cultivar Wagad, using a bioinformatics workflow. The results give scientists a more complete picture of how wild cotton was domesticated over time and may help to strengthen and protect the crop for farmers in the U.S., Africa and beyond. The study took nearly two years of work across disciplines and was published in the journal G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics.