Fig. 3

Distribution of significant SNPs and QTLs identified in this study. a Distribution of the trait-associated SNPs of five fiber traits. The colored rectangles represent cotton chromosomes, and the black vertical lines indicate the significantly associated SNPs. b Distribution of the trait-associated QTLs of five fiber traits. QTLs presented in different colors are associated with different cotton fiber quality traits. The black asterisks indicate the novel QTLs identified in the study, and the black curves in the circle indicate the pleiotropic QTLs