Antiquity of American Polyploid Cotton
- 14 February 1964
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 143 (3607) , 675-676
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.143.3607.675
Abstract
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 hiybridization.Keywords
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