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TL;DR: The data suggest that transposon amplification may in part explain the increased size of the melon genome compared with the close relative cucumber, and a low number of nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat disease resistance genes were annotated, suggesting the existence of specific defense mechanisms in this species.

TL;DR: The first broad survey of gene sequences and allelic variation in C. pepo is presented, where limited prior genomic information existed, and the transcriptome provides an invaluable new tool for biological research.

TL;DR: The current results show the involvement of different members of the ABCC family in the mode of action of B. thuringiensis proteins and expand the role of theABCC2 transporter in B.Thuringienis resistance beyond the Cry1A family of proteins to include Cry1Ca.

TL;DR: The genetic elements required for CRISPRs-based editing and transcriptional regulation were adapted to GoldenBraid (GB), a modular DNA construction framework being increasingly used in Plant Synthetic Biology, and a workflow for gRNAs construction was designed and optimized.

TL;DR: This study provides the first comprehensive resequencing data for wild, exotic, and cultivated (landraces and commercial) melon transcriptomes, yielding the largest melon SNP collection available to date and representing a notable sample of the species diversity.