A high-resolution model of gene expression during Gossypium hirsutum (cotton) fiber development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cotton fiber development relies on complex and intricate biological processes to transform newly differentiated fiber initials into the mature, extravagantly elongated cellulosic cells that are the foundation of this economically important cash crop. Here we extend previous research into cotton fiber development by employing controlled conditions to minimize variability and utilizing time-series sampling and analyses to capture daily transcriptomic changes from early elongation through the early stages of secondary wall synthesis (6 to 24 days post anthesis; DPA).

Results

A majority of genes are expressed in fiber, largely partitioned into two major coexpression modules that represent genes whose expression generally increases or decreases during development. Diff

SUBMITTER: Grover CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature