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Rapid Identification of a Candidate Gene Related to Fiber Strength Using a Superior Chromosome Segment Substitution Line from Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense via Bulked Segregant RNA-Sequencing

Qi Zhang^1,#, Pengtao Li^2,#, Aiying Liu¹, Shaoqi Li¹, Quanwei Lu², Qun Ge¹, Junwen Li¹, Wankui Gong¹, Xiaoying Deng¹, Haihong Shang^1,3, Yuzhen Shi^1,*, Youlu Yuan^1,3,*

1 State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Key Laboratory of Biological and Genetic Breeding of Cotton, The Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, 455000, China
2 School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, 455000, China
3 Zhengzhou Research Base, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

* Corresponding Authors: Yuzhen Shi. Email: ; Youlu Yuan. Email:
# These authors made equal contributions