Genome-wide identification of the Dicer-like family in cotton and analysis of the DCL expression modulation in response to biotic stress in two contrasting commercial cultivars.
Marianna O MouraAnna Karoline S FaustoAmanda FanelliFernanda A de F GuedesTatiane da F SilvaElisson RomanelMaite Freitas Silva VaslinPublished in: BMC plant biology (2019)
Almost all the DCLs of the allotetraploide G. hirsutum cotton were found in their relative diploids. Duplications of DCL2 and DCL3 were found in the three species. All four classes of DCL responded to aphid attack and virus infection in G. hirsutum. DCLs initial responses against the virus itself and/or herbivore attack may be contributing towards virus resistance.