Seed size and chloroplast DNA of modern and ancient seeds explain the establishment of Japanese cultivated melon (Cucumis melo L.) by introduction and selection
| Autor: | Hidetaka Nishida, Yukari Akashi, Katsunori Tanaka, Dorian Q. Fuller, Kenji Kato, Tran Phuong Dung, Etsuyo Yamamoto, Shiho Iwasaki, Chris J. Stevens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Melon food and beverages Plant Science Biology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences humanities film.actor Crop 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Ancient DNA Chloroplast DNA film Botany Genotype Genetics Melon seed Genetic erosion Agronomy and Crop Science Cucumis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 63:1237-1254 |
| ISSN: | 1573-5109 0925-9864 |
| Popis: | Melon is a fruit/vegetable that has been grown in Japan for at least 2000 years. To obtain a better understanding of melon crop evolution in this island country, we measured the seed size and determined the cytoplasmic genotype of 135 modern melon accessions and 12 populations of ancient melon seed remains from archaeological sites for a 2000-year period in Japan. Based on differences in seed length, populations of melon seed remains at the Shikata site (Okayama Prefecture, Japan) consisted of seed types corresponding to those of modern East and South Asian melon. Although several types of melon seeds were found in and around the Shikata site, only Agrestis-type seeds |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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