The fibers (termed lint) are hairs on the cotton seeds, and early farmers of both the Americas and the Old World independently selected different species of cotton for long lint.
In October, the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolated DNA molecule " is no less a product of nature...than are cotton fibers that have been separated from cotton seeds."
十月,司法部在 Myriad 案中发表声明,单个 DNA 分子和从棉籽上分离来的棉纤维一样,都是自然的产物。