Overview of the origins and history of the five major cucurbit crops: issues for ancient DNA analysis of archaeological specimens

Origin and emergence of the sweet dessert watermelon,Citrullus lanatus

(2015) Harry S. Paris   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Gourds and squashes (Cucurbitaspp.) adapted to megafaunal extinction and ecological anachronism through domestication

(2015) Logan Kistler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cucurbits depicted in Byzantine mosaics from Israel, 350–600 ce

(2014) Anat Avital et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The future of ancient DNA: Technical advances and conceptual shifts

(2014) Michael Hofreiter et al.   BIOESSAYS

Single nucleotide polymorphisms generated by genotyping by sequencing to characterize genome-wide diversity, linkage disequilibrium, and selective sweeps in cultivated watermelon

(2014) Padma Nimmakayala et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Watermelon origin solved with molecular phylogenetics including Linnaean material: another example of museomics

(2014) Guillaume Chomicki et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Using archaeogenomic and computational approaches to unravel the history of local adaptation in crops

(2014) R. G. Allaby et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ancient genomics

(2014) C. Der Sarkissian et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transoceanic drift and the domestication of African bottle gourds in the Americas

(2014) L. Kistler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant domestication versus crop evolution: a conceptual framework for cereals and grain legumes

(2014) Shahal Abbo et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Recent advances in ancient DNA research and their implications for archaeobotany

(2014) Terence A. Brown et al.   VEGETATION HISTORY AND ARCHAEOBOTANY

Medieval iconography of watermelons in Mediterranean Europe

(2013) Harry S. Paris et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Medieval emergence of sweet melons, Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae)

(2012) Harry S. Paris et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Medieval History of the Duda’im Melon (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae)

(2012) Harry S. Paris et al.   ECONOMIC BOTANY

Next generation sequencing of DNA in 3300-year-old charred cereal grains

(2012) Sandra L. Bunning et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Archaeogenomic Evidence of Punctuated Genome Evolution in Gossypium

(2012) S. A. Palmer et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The draft genome of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and resequencing of 20 diverse accessions

(2012) Shaogui Guo et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Chromosome rearrangements during domestication of cucumber as revealed by high-density genetic mapping and draft genome assembly

(2012) Luming Yang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

The blossoming of plant archaeogenetics

(2011) Sarah A. Palmer et al.   ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER

Medieval herbal iconography and lexicography of Cucumis (cucumber and melon, Cucurbitaceae) in the Occident, 1300–1458

(2011) Harry S. Paris et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Occidental diffusion of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 500–1300 CE: two routes to Europe

(2011) Harry S. Paris et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Semitic-language records of snake melons (Cucumis melo, Cucurbitaceae) in the medieval period and the “piqqus” of the “faqqous”

(2011) H. S. Paris   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Ancient DNA confirms a local origin of domesticated chenopod in eastern North America

(2011) Logan Kistler et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Evidence for variability among squash seeds from the Hoxie site (11CK4), Illinois

(2010) Mary L. Simon   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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

(2010) P. Sebastian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis

(2009) Harry S. Paris et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L.

(2009) Sanwen Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The genetic expectations of a protracted model for the origins of domesticated crops

(2008) R. G. Allaby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gourds afloat: a dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events

(2008) H. Schaefer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES