Cotton is an irreplaceable economic crop currently domesticated in the human world for its
extremely elongated fiber cells specialized in seed epidermis, which makes it of high …

Background In recent years, major advance in molecular biology and genomic technologies
have led to an exponential growth in biological information. As the deluge of genomic …

Structural variations (SVs) have long been described as being involved in the origin,
adaption, and domestication of species. However, the underlying genetic and genomic …

The pigment gland is a morphological characteristic of Gossypium and its related genera.
Gossypium bickii (G 1) is characterized by delayed pigment gland morphogenesis in the …

Cysteine-rich receptor-like-kinases (CRKs), a transmembrane subfamily of receptor-like
kinase, play crucial roles in plant adaptation. As such cotton is the major source of fiber for …

Subtilases (SBTs), which belong to the serine peptidases, control plant development by
regulating cell wall properties and the activity of extracellular signaling molecules, and affect …

Cotton is one of the most important economic and fiber crops in the world. KNOX is one
class of universal transcription factors, which plays important roles in plant growth and …

Background The bHLH transcription factor family is named after the basic helix-loop-helix
(bHLH) domain that is a characteristic element of their members. Understanding the function …

Abstract Background Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the most economically
important species in the cotton genus (Gossypium spp.). Enhancing the cotton yield is a …

Cotton genus Gossypium L., especially its wild species, is rich in genetic diversity. However,
this valuable genetic resource is barely used in cotton breeding programs. In part, due to …