Integrative Aanalysis of the lncRNA and mRNA Ttranscriptome Rrevealed Ggenes and Ppathways Ppotentially Iinvolved in the Aanther Aabortion of Ccotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Cotton plays an important role in the economyics for of many countries. Many studies reveal have revealed that numerous genes and various metabolic pathways are involved in anther development. In this research, we studied the differently expressed mRNA and lncRNA during the anther development of cotton between the cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) line, C2P5A, and the maintainer line, C2P5B, using RNA- seq analysis.. We identified 17,897 known differentially expressedion (DE) mRNAs, and 865 DE lncRNAs corresponded to 1,172 cis-target genes at three stages of anther development. Gene ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment of DE mRNAs, and cis-target genes of DE lncRNAs confirmed their crucial roles, such as in the degradation of tapetum cells;, microspore development;, pollen development;, and the differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis of the anther cell wall in cotton.