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August 9, 2008

Sex in melons is ethylene mediated?

Melons tend do be more vegetables than fruit in my book, but this was interesting enough anyway:

A gene for sexual switching in melons provides clues to the evolution of sex (Genetic Archaeology)

I would not really have expected ethylene to be involved in sex determination. No indication what species, though, which I find frustrating.
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