Polyploidy and small RNA regulation of cotton fiber development

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 516-528

  Guan, Xueying ^a   Song, Qingxin ^a   Chen, Z Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cotton; Epigenetics; Evolution; Fiber; MiRNA; Polyploidy; Silencing; SiRNA; Small RNA; Ta siRNA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

MICRORNA;

COTTON; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POLYPLOIDY;

COTTON FIBER; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; MICRORNAS; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84905166105     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.04.007     Document Type: Review

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