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2019
Presentation
Narrowing Down the Early Domestication History of the Watermelon with Ancient Seeds and DNA.
Renner, Susanne S. ; Pérez-Escobar, Oscar A. ; Silber, Martina V. ; Nesbitt, Martin ; Preick, Michaela …
Ancient Egypt, Citrullus lanatus, Genomics, Plant domestication, and Archaeological remains
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2021
Journal article
A chromosome-level genome of a Kordofan melon illuminates the origin of domesticated watermelons.
Wild progenitors of crops are important resources for breeding and for understanding domestication, but identifying them is difficult. Using an integrative approach, we discovered that a Sudanese form of melon with nonbitter whitish pulp, known as the Kordofan melon, is the closest relative of domesticated watermelons and a possible progenitor....