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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia

Among the fundamental questions regarding cultivated plants is their geographic origin and region of domestication. The genus Cucumis, which includes cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (Cucumis melo), has numerous wild African species, and it has therefore been assumed that melon originated in Afr...

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Main Authors: Sebastian, Patrizia, Schaefer, Hanno, Telford, Ian R. H., Renner, Susanne S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922565/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20656934
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1005338107
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