Cotton Marker Database (CMD) as an Enhanced Resource for Cotton Research Community

Recently,thousands of SSR and now SNP markers have been discovered in cotton.Each of these markers provides a valuable molecular tool applying genetic and genomic research to cotton improvement.Cotton DNA marker database (CMD) continues to serve as a molecular marker resource for the cotton research community (http://www.cottonrnarker,org).The current collection of cotton SSR markers oublicly available through CMD is 8,915 and the number continues to grow.