Determination of the melon chloroplast and mitochondrial genome sequences reveals that the largest reported mitochondrial genome in plants contains a significant amount of DNA having a nuclear origin
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The melon belongs to the <it>Cucurbitaceae </it>family, whose economic importance among vegetable crops is second only to <it>Solanaceae</it>. The melon has a small genome size (454 Mb), which makes it suitabl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/424 |