Table 1 The number of 5S and 45S rDNA loci in different species

Citrullus lanatus subsp. vulgaris

22

1 (8)

2 (4, 8)

C. lanatus subsp. mucosospermus

22

1 (8)

2 (4, 8)

C. colocynthis

22

1 (8)

2 (4, 8)

C. lanatus subsp. lanatus

22

2 (8, ?)

1 (4)

C. ecirrhosus

22

2 (8, ?)

1 (4)

C. rehmii

22

1 (8)

1 (4)

Acanthosicyos naudinianus

24

1 (?)

2 (?, ?)

Lagenaria siceraria

22

1

2

Zehneria mariothii

24

1

2

Melothria pendula

24

1

2

Cucumis metuliferus

24

1

2

Benincasa fistulosa

24

2

2

Coccinia sessilifolia

24

1

3

Diplocyclos palmatus

24

1

3

Cucumis sativus

14

1

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