With the chromosome A05, i including known a robust code in the lint percentage (Contour 3a)
The gene closest to this region (– Mb), Gbar_A05G014160, had one nonsynonymous SNP (A6765), that is a C/G transversion, resulting in an amino acid difference, that is either alanine (A) or glycine (G), the latter of which was associated with a significant improvement in lint percentage (Figure 3b–d). We designated the locus containing this gene LINT PERCENTAGE (GbLP1), which encoded a putative ATP-dependent RNA helicase (DEAH12) targeted to the chloroplast. This putative protein contained a RING-type zinc-finger domain, a characteristic of the E3 ubiquitin ligase RBR family. Unlike GbFL2 and GbFS1, the number of accessions with high-lint-percentage haplotype (G) had generally been decreasing gradually since the first introduction of Sea Island cotton into China; however, the ratio of G/C fluctuated, first increasing and then decreasing (Figure 3e) in later accessions, as the need for greater lint production was balanced with fibre quality. High expression of GbLP1 occurred at the whole fibre developmental stages, especially at 0 and 5 DPA (Figure 3f), consistent with qRT-PCR validation in LP extreme accessions (Figure 3g).
