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Qualitative inheritance of rind pattern and flesh color in watermelon.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Gusmini Gabriele, Wehner Todd C
Abstract excerpt
Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus] is a diverse species, with fruits of different sizes, shapes, rind patterns, and flesh colors. This study measured the inheritance of novel rind phenotypes and verified the genetics of white, red, salmon yellow, and canary yellow flesh colors. For each of the 11 crosses, six generations (P(a)S1, P(b)S1, F1, F2, BC1P(a), and BC1P(b)) were...
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