Antiquity of American Polyploid Cotton

Fragments of a boll of Gossypium hirsutum L. from archeological excavations near Tehuacán, Mexico, prove that this species existed in 5800 B.C. No doubt remains that American tetraploid cotton species originated through natural hybridization.

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 143; no. 3607; pp. 675 - 676
Main Authors Smith, C. Earle, MacNeish, Richard S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 14.02.1964
Subjects
Bolls
Corn
Cotton
Diploidy
Genetic hybridization
Genomes
Molecules
Plants
Recycling
Tetraploidy
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Summary:Fragments of a boll of Gossypium hirsutum L. from archeological excavations near Tehuacán, Mexico, prove that this species existed in 5800 B.C. No doubt remains that American tetraploid cotton species originated through natural hybridization.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.143.3607.675