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Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Genome-Wide Association Study of Seven Agronomic Traits in 273 Diverse Upload Cotton Accessions

Yajun Liang^1,2,#, Juyun Zheng^1,#, Junduo Wang^1,#, Zhaolong Gong¹, Zhiqiang Li³, Ling Min⁴, Zeliang Zhang², Zhiwei Sang², Yanying Qu², Xueyuan Li^1,*, Quanjia Chen^2,*

1 Cash Crops Research Institute of Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Science (XAAS), Urumqi, China
2 Engineering Research Centre of Cotton of Ministry of Education, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
3 R&D Department, Adsen Biotechnology Corporation, Urumqi, China
4 National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

* Corresponding Authors: Xueyuan Li. Email: ; Quanjia Chen. Email:
# These authors contributed equally to this work