The Evolution of Spinnable Cotton Fiber Entailed Prolonged Development and a Novel Metabolism

• Ran Hovav,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Joshua A Udall,

  ¤ Current address: Department of Plant and Animal Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Bhupendra Chaudhary,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Einat Hovav,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Lex Flagel,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Guanjing Hu,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Jonathan F Wendel

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jfw@mail.adp.iastate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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