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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Gossypium hirsutum
SUBMITTER: Jeffrey Landgraf
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12202 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Singh Bir B Avci Utku U Eichler Inwood Sarah E SE Grimson Mark J MJ Landgraf Jeff J Mohnen Debra D Sørensen Iben I Wilkerson Curtis G CG Willats William G T WG Haigler Candace H CH
Plant physiology 20090415 2
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) provides the world's dominant renewable textile fiber, and cotton fiber is valued as a research model because of its extensive elongation and secondary wall thickening. Previously, it was assumed that fibers elongated as individual cells. In contrast, observation by cryo-field emission-scanning electron microscopy of cotton fibers developing in situ within the boll demonstrated that fibers elongate within tissue-like bundles. These bundles were entrained by twisting f ...[more]