[HTML][HTML] Karyotype stability and unbiased fractionation in the paleo-allotetraploid Cucurbita genomes

H Sun, S Wu, G Zhang, C Jiao, S Guo, Y Ren, J Zhang… - Molecular plant, 2017 - cell.com
The Cucurbita genus contains several economically important species in the Cucurbitaceae
family. Here, we report high-quality genome sequences of C. maxima and C. moschata and …

An overlooked paleotetraploidization in Cucurbitaceae

J Wang, P Sun, Y Li, Y Liu, N Yang, J Yu… - Molecular biology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cucurbitaceae plants are of considerable biological and economic importance, and
genomes of cucumber, watermelon, and melon have been sequenced. However, a …

Reconstruction of ancestral karyotype illuminates chromosome evolution in the genus Cucumis

Q Zhao, Y Meng, P Wang, X Qin, C Cheng… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Karyotype dynamics driven by complex chromosome rearrangements constitute a
fundamental issue in evolutionary genetics. The evolutionary events underlying karyotype …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of Cucurbita argyrosperma (silver-seed gourd) reveals faster rates of protein-coding gene and long noncoding RNA turnover and …

J Barrera-Redondo, E Ibarra-Laclette, A Vázquez-Lobo… - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Whole-genome duplications are an important source of evolutionary novelties that change
the mode and tempo at which genetic elements evolve within a genome. The Cucurbita …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated genetic and cytogenetic map of the cucumber genome

Y Ren, Z Zhang, J Liu, JE Staub, Y Han, Z Cheng, X Li… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The Cucurbitaceae includes important crops such as cucumber, melon, watermelon, squash
and pumpkin. However, few genetic and genomic resources are available for plant …

Next‐generation sequencing, FISH mapping and synteny‐based modeling reveal mechanisms of decreasing dysploidy in Cucumis

L Yang, DH Koo, D Li, T Zhang, J Jiang… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In the large Cucurbitaceae genus Cucumis, cucumber (C. sativus) is the only species with
2n= 2x= 14 chromosomes. The majority of the remaining species, including melon (C. melo) …

De novo assembly of the zucchini genome reveals a whole‐genome duplication associated with the origin of the Cucurbita genus

J Montero‐Pau, J Blanca, A Bombarely… - Plant biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Cucurbita genus (squashes, pumpkins and gourds) includes important domesticated
species such as C. pepo, C. maxima and C. moschata. In this study, we present a high …

[HTML][HTML] The wax gourd genomes offer insights into the genetic diversity and ancestral cucurbit karyotype

D Xie, Y Xu, J Wang, W Liu, Q Zhou, S Luo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The botanical family Cucurbitaceae includes a variety of fruit crops with global or local
economic importance. How their genomes evolve and the genetic basis of diversity remain …

Evolutionary and domestication history of Cucurbita (pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci

HR Kates, PS Soltis, DE Soltis - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2017 - Elsevier
Phylogenetics can facilitate the study of plant domestication by resolving sister relationships
between crops and their wild relatives, thereby identifying the ancestors of cultivated plants …

[HTML][HTML] Syntenic relationships between cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and melon (C. melo L.) chromosomes as revealed by comparative genetic mapping

D Li, HE Cuevas, L Yang, Y Li, J Garcia-Mas, J Zalapa… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.(2n= 2×= 14) and melon, C. melo L.(2n=
2×= 24) are two important vegetable species in the genus Cucumis (family Cucurbitaceae) …