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Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 9/18/2018 Publication Date: 11/10/2018 Citation: Naoumkina, M.A. 2018. Advances in understanding of cotton fiber cell differentiation and elongation. Book Chapter. pp. 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00871-0_8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00871-0_8 Interpretive Summary: Cotton is the major renewable source of fibers used worldwide in the textile industry. The basic understanding of cotton fiber development is still in infancy, however in recent years new information about genes controlling cotton fiber development has become available. This chapter provides an update on the current understanding of cotton fiber differentiation and elongation. A preliminary model of early cotton fiber development has been proposed and network of interactions between transcription factors is discussed in this chapter. Technical Abstract: Cotton is the major renewable source of fibers used worldwide in the textile industry. The basic understanding of cotton fiber development is still in infancy, however in recent years new information about genes controlling cotton fiber development has become available. This chapter provides an update on the current understanding of cotton fiber differentiation and elongation. Earlier genetic studies of fiber mutants are described here that detected genetic loci involved in the fuzz fiber development and suggested that fuzz and lint fiber share common regulators since interactions of fuzzless loci produce a fibreless seed phenotype. Recent discovery of the causative mutations for N1 and XZ142w mutant lines established a central role of MIXTA MYB transcription factors in fuzz and lint fiber development. A preliminary model of early cotton fiber development has been proposed and network of interactions between transcription factors is discussed in this chapter. |
