Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:110 (article 39) 1992
Warren Henderson
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 USA
The following corrigenda deal with three genes (Wf, y, yo) which determine flesh color in watermelon.
Gene symbol |
Character |
Referencez |
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Preferred |
Synonym |
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| Wf | W | White flesh. Wf is epistatic to the second gene b (or C?) which conditions yellow (Canary yellow?) and red flesh. Wf_B_ and WF_bb are white fleshed, wf wf b_ is yellow fleshed, and wf b b is red fleshed | 33 |
| y | r | yellow flesh (‘Golden Honey’ type). Recessive to Y (red flesh) | 8, 24, 27 |
| yo | orange flesh (from ‘Tendersweet Orange Flesh’). Allelic to y. Y (red flesh) is dominant to yo (orange flesh) and y (yellow flesh); yo (orange flesh) is dominant to y (yellow flesh) | 8 | |
zAs referenced in the bibliography for the 1991 Watermelon Gene List (CGC 14:129-137).
The major changes are:
- Relationships at the y locus are allelic (rather than epistatic as previously listed).
- The red and rd gene synonyms for y have been dropped completely until their status becomes clearer. Navot et al. (J. Hered. 81:162-165, 1990) considered red recessive, whereas at the y locus red (Y) is dominant; they did not describe the phenotype of the dominant allele (to red) and only stated that its inheritance was complex.
- Wf appears to be epistatic to a second locus, other than y. This locus is probably B (or maybe C) as suggested by Shimotsuma (Jap. J. Breeding 13:235-240. 1963).