About the Authors

Ximei Li

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Daojun Yuan

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Jinfa Zhang

Affiliation Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Zhongxu Lin

linzhongxu@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Xianlong Zhang

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Gave advice to mapped genes specifically or preferentially expressed during fiber development in cotton: JZ. Proofread the manuscript and gave advice on the manuscript structure: XZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL. Performed the experiments: XL. Analyzed the data: XL DY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZL. Wrote the paper: XL.