Abstract
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), transcripts of more than 200bp with no protein-coding properties, have now become an important part of gene regulatory networks. Classified among the subclasses such as long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs), natural antisense transcripts (NATs), overlapping lncRNAs (OT-lncRNAs), and intronic noncoding RNAs (incRNAs), lncRNAs are overall shown to be involved in various biological processes. In cotton, one of the important commercial crops with unique seed trichomes, normal fiber development as well as abiotic and biotic stress are an important factor affecting the crop quality and yield. Recently, the lncRNAs are shown to be playing an important role in fiber development, abiotic stress such as salt and drought stress, and biotic stress such as resistance against Verticillium dahliae. Apart from this, lncRNAs are also contributing to the plasticity of plants due to their neofunctionalization event in due course of cotton evolution. Here, we are summarizing the lncRNAs-related advances made by the cotton research community in the postgenomic era.
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