Ethylene regulates many aspects of the plant life cycle, including seed germination, root
initiation, flower development, fruit ripening, senescence, and responses to biotic and abiotic …

Sex chromosomes in land plants can evolve as a consequence of close linkage between the
two sex determination genes with complementary dominance required to establish stable …

Melon is an economically important fruit crop that has been cultivated for thousands of years;
however, the genetic basis and history of its domestication still remain largely unknown …

We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. We
assembled 375 Mb of the double-haploid line DHL92, representing 83.3% of the estimated …

Sexual reproduction is a fundamental aspect of life. It is defined by the occurrence of meiosis
and the fusion of two gametes of different sexes or mating types. Sex-determination …

Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex
determination studies and plant vascular biology. Here we report the draft genome …

Sex determination in plants leads to the development of unisexual flowers from an originally
bisexual floral meristem,. This mechanism results in the enhancement of outcrossing and …

Fruits represent an important part of the human diet and show extensive variation in size and
shape between and within cultivated species. The genetic basis of such variation has been …

Understanding the evolution of sex determination in plants requires identifying the
mechanisms underlying the transition from monoecious plants, where male and female …

Cucurbitaceae is one of the most genetically diverse plant families in the world. Many of
them are important vegetables or medicinal plants and are widely distributed worldwide. The …