Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly used as a complementary tool for coral biodiversity assessment, but its performance in subtropical, estuary-influenced reef systems remains insufficiently tested. This study combined seawater eDNA metabarcoding with concurrent underwater visual surveys and historical records to assess reef-building scleractinian corals in the Wanshan Archipelago, Pearl River Estuary. In Ju...

Compared with other transcription factors, much less studies have been performed on paclobutrazol-resistance (PRE), a subgroup of the extensive bHLH transcription factor gene family, and the research in cotton was also limited. By utilizing the PRE genes and their conserved domains identified in Arabidopsis, a total of 23, 22, 11, and 12 PRE genes were identified from two major cultivated cotton species and their two ancestors...