Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is an important crop plant that is widely grown to produce both natural textile fibers and cottonseed oil. Cotton fibers, the economically more important product of the cotton plant, are seed trichomes derived from individual cells of the epidermal layer of the seed coat. It has been known for a long time that large numbers of genes determine the development of cotton fi...

Immunohistochemistry revealed the presence of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-, neuropeptide Y (NPY)-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-immunoreactive nerve fibers and SP-immunoreactive neuronal cell bodies in the pineal gland of the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Abundant TH- and NPY-immunoreactive fibers were distributed evenly throughout the gland; less numerous CGRP- ...

DNA was analysed from external wounds on 3 dead harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena that were stranded in the Netherlands. Puncture wounds as well as the edges of large open wounds were sampled with sterile cotton swabs. With specific primers that target the mtDNA control region of grey seal Halichoerus grypus, a 196 bp DNA fragment was amplified from 4 puncture wounds. Sequencing of the fragme...

Textile materials made from natural fibers have played an important role in the life of human beings from time immemorial and still are widely used in the modern textiles industry for their unique properties as high quality tex tile materials. Due to the variation in staple length, the natural fibers with short staple length can’t be used to spin yarns. Consequently, natural fibers such as wool...